Earth:Coli Toro Member

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Short description: Campanian geologic member in Argentina
Coli Toro Member
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
TypeMember
Unit ofLos Alamitos Formation
OverliesAngostura Colorada Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 41°00′S 69°30′W / 41.0°S 69.5°W / -41.0; -69.5
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 43°36′S 55°24′W / 43.6°S 55.4°W / -43.6; -55.4
RegionRío Negro Province
CountryArgentina
ExtentNeuquén Basin
Coli Toro Member is located in Argentina
Coli Toro Member
Coli Toro Member (Argentina)

The Coli Toro Member is a Campanian geologic member in Argentina . Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1] The sandstones of the formation were deposited in a lacustrine environment.

The formation in later publications has been reassigned as the Coli Toro Member at the basal levels of the Los Alamitos Formation, containing fossil remains of Sulcusuchus erraini.[2] The formation partly overlies the Angostura Colorada Formation.[3]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Cari-Laufqen Grande Pond at Fossilworks.org
  3. Ottone, 2009, p.377

Bibliography

Further reading

  • R. M. Casamiquela. 1964. Sobre un dinosaurio hadrosáurido de la Argentina. Ameghiniana 3(9):285-312
  • J. O'Gorman and Z. Gasparini. 2013. Revision of Sulcusuchus erraini (Sauropterygia, Polycotylidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Alcheringa 37(2):163-176