Tacuarembó Formation

The Tacuarembó Formation is a Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) geologic formation of the eponymous department in northern Uruguay. The fluvial to lacustrine sandstones, siltstones and mudstones preserve ichnofossils, turtles, crocodylomorphs, fish and invertebrates (bivalves and gastropods).

Tacuarembó Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian
~155–151 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsBatoví Member
OverliesBuena Vista Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates31.7°S 56.0°W / -31.7; -56.0
Approximate paleocoordinates40.2°S 15.7°W / -40.2; -15.7
RegionTacuarembó Department
Country Uruguay
ExtentNorte Basin
Type section
Named forTacuarembó
Tacuarembó Formation (Uruguay)

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

See also

References

  1. Tacuarembó Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Fortier et al., 2011
  3. Perea et al., 2014
  4. Soto & Perea, 2008
  5. Soto, Matías; Toriño, Pablo; Perea, Daniel (2020-11-01). "Ceratosaurus (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) teeth from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic, Uruguay)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 103: 102781. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102781. ISSN 0895-9811.
  6. Perea et al., 2003
  7. Soto & Perea, 2010
  8. Soto, Matías; Toriño, Pablo; Perea, Daniel (2020-03-01). "A large sized megalosaurid (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay and Tanzania". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 98: 102458. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102458. ISSN 0895-9811.
  9. Soto et al., 2012
  10. Mesa & Perea, 2015

Bibliography

  • Mesa, V., and D. Perea. 2015. First record of theropod and ornithopod tracks and detailed description of sauropod trackways from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic–?Early Cretaceous) of Uruguay. Ichnos 22. 109-121.
  • Perea, D.; M. Soto; J. Sterli; V. Mesa; P. Torino; G. Roland, and J. Da Silva. 2014. Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34. 1329-1341.
  • Soto, M.; D. Perea, and P. Torino. 2012. New remains of Priohybodus aramourgi (Hybodontiformes: Hybodontidae) from Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous deposits in Uruguay. Cretaceous Research 35. 118-123.
  • Fortier, D.; D. Perea, and C. Schultz. 2011. Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi, a pholidosaurid from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163. S257-S272.
  • Soto, M., and D. Perea. 2010. Late Jurassic lungfishes (Dipnoi) from Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of Gondwanan ceradontiforms. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30. 1049-1058.
  • Soto, M., and D. Perea. 2008. A ceratosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28. 439-444.
  • Perea, D.; M. Ubilla, and A. Rojas. 2003. First report of theropods from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), Uruguay. Alcheringa 27. 79-83.
  • Perea, D.; M. Ubilla; A. Rojas, and C.A. Goso. 2001. The West Gondwanan occurrence of the hybodontid shark Priohybodus, and the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous age of the Tacuarembó Formation, Uruguay. Palaeontology 44. 1227-1235.
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