Chaunaca Formation

Chaunaca Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Upper Puca Group
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°W / -19.1; -65.5Coordinates: 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°W / -19.1; -65.5
Approximate paleocoordinates 22°24′S 47°06′W / 22.4°S 47.1°W / -22.4; -47.1
Region Chuquisaca Department
Country  Bolivia
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

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 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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