Laguna Colorada Formation
Geological formation in Argentina
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The Laguna Colorada Formation is a geological formation of the Austral Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The formation belongs to the El Tranquilo Group and dates back to the Early Jurassic, with a maximum age of 192.78 ± 0.14 Ma.[1][2]
| Laguna Colorada Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic < | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | El Tranquilo Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | dolomite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 48.1°S 68.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 56.7°S 24.8°W |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Austral Basin |
  Laguna Colorada Formation (Argentina) | |
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaur tracks geographically located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.[1]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Laguna Colorada Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Mussaurus[1][3] | M. patagonicus | Santa Cruz Province | "More than [ten] fragmentary to complete skeletons, [four] skulls, juvenile to adult" | A anchisaurian sauropodomorph |  | |
| Heterodontosauridae indet.[1] | Ineterminate | Santa Cruz Province | ||||