Cardiel Formation
The Cardiel Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation of the Austral Basin in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The formation comprises sandstones and conglomerates with abundant tuff beds.[1] The formation is overlain by the Slogget and San Julián Formations and overlies the Divisadero and Kachaike Formations.[2] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]
Cardiel Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Slogget & San Julián Formations |
Overlies | Divisadero & Kachaike Formations |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
Other | Tuff |
Location | |
Coordinates | 49.0°S 71.4°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 50.9°S 60.9°W |
Region | Santa Cruz Province |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Austral Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Lake Cardiel |
Named by | Russo & Flores |
Year defined | 1971 |
![]() ![]() Cardiel Formation (Argentina) |
Paleofauna
- Clasmodosaurus spatula - Teeth[4] - (sauropod indet)
- "Loncosaurus argentinus" (ornithopod indet.) - Femur[5]. This genus may have also been found in the Matasiete Formation.
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Allen Formation
References
- Pérez Panera, 2010, p.45
- Pérez Panera, 2010, p.52
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 271.
- "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.
Bibliography
- Pérez Panera, Juan Pablo. 2010. Sistemática y bioestratigrafía de los nanofósiles calcáreos del Cretácico del sudeste de la Cuenca Austral, Santa Cruz, Argentina (PhD thesis), 1–450. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- 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
Further reading
- J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173
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