Chaunaca Formation
Chaunaca Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Upper Puca Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°WCoordinates: 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 22°24′S 47°06′W / 22.4°S 47.1°W |
Region | Chuquisaca Department |
Country |
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Type section | |
Named for | Chaunaca |
The Chaunaca Formation is a Campanian geologic formation of Bolivia. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ Humaca tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
Further reading
- M. G. Lockley, A. S. Schulp, C. A. Meyer, G. Leonardi, and D. K. Mamani. 2002. Titanosaurid trackways from the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia: evidence for large manus, wide-gauge locomotion and gregarious behaviour. Cretaceous Research 23:383-400
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