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Quebrada Monardes, Atacama, Chile

FormationQuebrada Monardes
Age:145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Cretaceous
Tectonic SettingIntermontane basin
Lithologysandstone/mudstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Cerro la IslaTierra Amarilla, Copiap贸 Province, Atacama, ChileQuebrada Monardes
Quebrada CodocedoCopiap贸, Copiap贸 Province, Atacama, ChileQuebrada Monardes
Cerros BravosDiego de Almagro, Cha帽aral Province, Atacama, ChileQuebrada Monardes
Quebrada Tamberia Los PantanosDiego de Almagro, Cha帽aral Province, Atacama, ChileQuebrada Monardes

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Vertebrata
subphylum
2.3Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata157.3 - 100.5 Ma
Mesozoic
Iguanodontidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontidae145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Osteichthyes
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crocodylia
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dinosauria
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gnathosaurinae
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Ctenochasmatidae : Gnathosaurinae145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sauropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Bell C. M., Suarez M. (1989) Vertebrate fossils and trace fossils in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous red beds in the Atacama region, Chile, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 2 4, 351-357
Salinas P., Marshall L. G., et al (1991) Vertebrados continentales del Paleozoico y Mesozoico de Chile [Continental vertebrates of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Chile], Actas del VI Congreso Geol贸gicao Chileno, Vi帽a del Mar, 310-313
Bell C. M., Padian K. (1995) Pterosaur fossils from the Cretaceous of Chile: evidence for a pterosaur colony on an inland desert plain, Geological Magazine 132, 31-38
Martill D. M., Frey E., et al (2006) Ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from Early Cretaceous deposits in Chile, Cretaceous Research 27, 603-610
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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