Viñita Formation
30°24′S 70°54′W / 30.4°S 70.9°W / -30.4; -70.9Approximate paleocoordinates 33°00′S 54°54′W / 33.0°S 54.9°W / -33.0; -54.9 Region Coquimbo Region Country 
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ChileThe Viñita Formation is a geological formation in Coquimbo, Chile, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian).[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
See also
References
- ^ Pichasca at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
Further reading
- R. M. Casamiquela, J. Corvalán, and F. Franquesa. 1969. Hallazgos de dinosaurios en el Cretácico Superior de Chile. Su importancia cronológica-estratigráfica [Discoveries of dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Chile. Their chronologic-stratigraphic importance]. Boletin del Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas 25:1-31
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