Cazaderos Formation

The Cazaderos Formation is an Albian geologic formation in southern Ecuador.[1]

Cazaderos Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~110–100 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofAlamor Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates3.9°S 80.1°W / -3.9; -80.1
Approximate paleocoordinates10.4°S 53.5°W / -10.4; -53.5
RegionLoja Province
Country Ecuador
Type section
Named forQuebrada Cazaderos
Cazaderos Formation (Ecuador)

Fossil content

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

References

  1. Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Leonardi, 1994, p.82
  3. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  4. Río Puyango tracksite at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • 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
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