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
editFossil 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, Ministerio de Minas e Energia - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Geological Service of Brazil, pp. 1–248, retrieved 2019-03-25
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21