El Molino Formation

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El Molino Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
~70–66  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Unit of Puca Group
Underlies Santa Lucía Formation
Overlies Chaunaca Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Limestone
Location
Coordinates 19°30′S65°48′W / 19.5°S 65.8°W / -19.5; -65.8
Approximate paleocoordinates 22°00′S51°48′W / 22.0°S 51.8°W / -22.0; -51.8
Region Cochabamba, Chuquisaca & Potosí Departments
Country Bolivia
Extent Altiplano & Potosí Basins
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El Molino Formation (Bolivia)

The El Molino Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation pertaining to the Puca Group of central Bolivia. The formation comprises fine-grained sandstones and sandy limestones with stromatolites deposited in a shallow marine to lacustrine environment. The formation has provided fossils of Dolichochampsa minima , [1] and ichnofossils of Ankylosauria indet., Ornithopoda indet., Theropoda indet. and Titanosauridae indet. [2] [3] [4] The tracksite of Cal Orcko is the best known example of the ichnofossil locations of the formation. The ichnofossil of Ligabueichnum bolivianum may be attributed to an ankylosaur. [5] The fossil fish species Dasyatis molinoensis is named after the formation.

Contents

Fossil content

Other fossils retrieved from the formation are: [6]

See also

References

  1. Buffetaut, 1987
  2. Lockley et al., 2002, p.389
  3. La Palca village at Fossilworks.org
  4. Cal Orcko tracksite at Fossilworks.org
  5. 1 2 Leonardi, 1994, p.39
  6. Pajcha Pata at Fossilworks.org
  7. Leonardi, 1994, p.40

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