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Cañón del Colorado Formation

Coordinates: 30°30′S 68°30′W / 30.5°S 68.5°W / -30.5; -68.5
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Cañón del Colorado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic, 200–176 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsUpper Pelitic Member
Thickness>148 m (486 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates30°30′S 68°30′W / 30.5°S 68.5°W / -30.5; -68.5
Approximate paleocoordinates31°00′S 30°00′W / 31.0°S 30.0°W / -31.0; -30.0
RegionSan Juan Province
CountryArgentina
ExtentSierra de Mogna
Type section
Named forColorado River
Cañón del Colorado Formation is located in Argentina
Cañón del Colorado Formation
Cañón del Colorado Formation (Argentina)

The Canon del Colorado Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the San Juan Province of Argentina. The formation comprises conglomerates and claystones and is exposed in the Sierra de Mogna. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Adeopapposaurus.[1]

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Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Further reading

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  • R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164
  • J. P. Milana, R. N. Martínez, and O. A. Alcober. 1995. A new dinosaur locality of Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic age from San Juan province, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):44A-45A