| Cardiel Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Slogget & San Julián Formations |
| Overlies | Divisadero & Kachaike Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49°00′S 71°24′W / 49.0°S 71.4°W / -49.0; -71.4 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 50°54′S 60°54′W / 50.9°S 60.9°W / -50.9; -60.9 |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Austral Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Cardiel |
| Named by | Russo & Flores |
| Year defined | 1971 |
  Cardiel Formation (Argentina) | |
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. The formation is overlain by the Slogget and San Julián Formations and overlies the Divisadero and Kachaike Formations. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Paleofauna
- Clasmodosaurus spatula - Teeth - (sauropod indet)
- "Loncosaurus argentinus" (ornithopod indet.) - Femur. This genus may have also been found in the Matasiete Formation.
See also
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), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, pp. 1–450
- 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
- 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