Baños del Flaco Formation

Baños del Flaco Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Berriasian
~150–141 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofMendoza Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherLimestone
Location
Coordinates34°48′S 70°30′W / 34.8°S 70.5°W / -34.8; -70.5
Approximate paleocoordinates33°00′S 33°24′W / 33.0°S 33.4°W / -33.0; -33.4
RegionO'Higgins Region
Country Chile
Type section
Named forBaños del Flaco [es]
Baños del Flaco Formation is located in Chile
Baños del Flaco Formation
Baños del Flaco Formation (Chile)

The Baños del Flaco Formation is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian geologic formation in central Chile. The formation comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a shallow marine to fluvial environment.[1][2] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3]

Fossil content

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Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formation:[4]

Ichnofossils

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Leonardi, 1994, p.65
  2. ^ Baños del Flaco Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  4. ^ Termas del Flaco at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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  • 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

Further reading

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  • C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck. 2016. Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:149-182
  • A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky. 1985. New Pygurus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Tithonian of central Chile: first record from the Jurassic of the southern hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1409-1413