Baños del Flaco Formation
Geologic formation in Chile
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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]
| Baños del Flaco Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Berriasian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Mendoza Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34.8°S 70.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 33.0°S 33.4°W |
| Region | O'Higgins Region |
| Country | Chile |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Baños del Flaco |
  Baños del Flaco Formation (Chile) | |
Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formation:[4]
- Ammonites, echinoderms and bivalves
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Arcabuco Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in Colombia
- Chacarilla Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in northern Chile
- Coihaique Group, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation in the Aysén Basin