The Cazaderos Formation is an Albian geologic formation in southern Ecuador.[1]
| Cazaderos Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Alamor Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 3°54′S 80°06′W / 3.9°S 80.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 10°24′S 53°30′W / 10.4°S 53.5°W |
| Region | Loja Province |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Quebrada Cazaderos |
  Cazaderos Formation (Ecuador) | |
Fossil content edit
Fossil theropod tracks of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in size,[2] have been reported from the formation at the Puyango River tracksite.[3][4]
See also edit
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Hiló Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Colombia
- Itapecuru Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the São Luis and Parnaíba Basins, Brazil
- Romualdo Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil
- Lagarcito Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Marayes-El Carrizal Basin, Argentina
- Lohan Cura Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
- Cerro Barcino Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Argentina
- Mata Amarilla Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Austral Basin, Argentina
References edit
- ^ Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Leonardi, 1994, p.82
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Río Puyango tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography edit
- Leonardi, Giuseppe. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an appendix on Mexico and Central America, 1–248. Ministerio de Minas e Energia - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Geological Service of Brazil. Accessed 2019-03-25.
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN 0-520-24209-2