La Cantera Formation

The La Cantera Formation is a Late Aptian,[1] geologic formation in Argentina.[2] Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3] The formation, deposited under lacustrine conditions, also has provided fossil plants, insects, fish and gastropods.[4][5]

La Cantera Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Aptian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Gigante Group
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Sandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	33.0°S 66.5°W / -33.0; -66.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	33.1°S 32.7°W / -33.1; -32.7
Region	San Luis Province, San Juan Province
Country	Argentina
Extent	San Luis Basin
Type section
Named for	Cantera de Picca
La Cantera Formation (Argentina)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks

References

1. Castillo Elías et al., 2016
2. La Cantera Formation at Fossilworks.org
3. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
4. La Cantera at Fossilworks.org
5. Castillo Elías, 2014

Bibliography

• Castillo, Elías; María Lidia Sánchez, and Mercedes B. Prámparo. 2016. La Formación La Cantera: un ejemplo de relleno lacustre durante el pico de subsidencia del sistema de rift de Sierras Pampeanas Occidentales, San Luis (Cretácico Inferior), . VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Sedimentología. Accessed 2019-02-16.
• Castillo Elías, Gabriela. 2014. Depósitos lacustres de la Formación La Cantera (Aptiano Tardío), Sierras de El Gigante, cuenca de San Luis: nuevos aportes sedimentológicos, . XIV Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología. Accessed 2019-02-16.
• 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

• M. B. Prámparo. 1994. Lower Cretaceous palynoflora of the La Cantera Formation, San Luis Basin: correlation with other Cretaceous palynofloras of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 15:193-203