Dorotea Formation
The Dorotea Formation is a geological formation in the Río de Las Chinas Valley of the Magallanes Basin in Patagonian Chile whose strata date back to the Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Late Cretaceous.
Description
The Dorotea Formation was first described by Katz in 1963. The formation comprises sandstones with frequent conglomerate lenses, concretionary levels and claystones. The Dorotea Formation includes calcareous sandstones with abundant marine invertebrate and fragmentary vertebrate fossils. Hervé et al. (2004) obtained a maximum radiometric age of 67.4 ± 1.5 Ma from detrital zircons contained in sandstones of the Dorotea Formation.
The mudstones and sandstones of the formation were deposited in a fluvial environment. The formation conformably overlies the Tres Pasos Formation and is unconformably overlain by the Lutetian to Bartonian Man Aike Formation. The thickness of the formation ranges from 100 metres (330 ft) in the Sierra Baguales in the north to 350 metres (1,150 ft) in the eponymous Sierra Dorotea in the south.
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:
Amphibians
| Amphibians of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Anura | Indeterminate | A frog | ||
Reptiles
| Reptiles of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Aristonectinae | Indeterminate | |||
| Aristonectes | Aristonectes sp. | |||
| Yaminuechelys | cf. Yaminuechelys sp. | |||
| Panchelidae | Indeterminate | |||
| Elasmosauridae | Indeterminate | |||
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Enantiornithes | Indeterminate | |||
| Gonkoken | G. nanoi | Several incomplete specimens belonging to individuals of different ages | A hadrosauroid |  |
| Megaraptoridae | Indeterminate | |||
| Ornithischia | Indeterminate | |||
| Ornithurae | Indeterminate | |||
| Sauropoda | Indeterminate | |||
| Stegouros | S. elengassen | CPAP-3165 (holotype), a holotype consists of a relatively complete skeleton with a skull and lower jaws. | A parankylosaur |  |
| Unenlagiinae | Indeterminate | |||
| Theropoda | Indeterminate | |||
Mammals
| Mammals of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Magallanodon | M. baikashkenke | A gondwanathere | ||
| Orretherium | O. tzen | A mesungulatid mammal | ||
| Mammalia | Indeterminate | |||
Fish
| Fish of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Ischyrhiza | I. chilensis | |||
| Carcharias | C. sp. | |||
| Serratolamna | Indeterminate | |||
Invertebrates
| Invertebrates of Dorotea Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Species | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dorotheus | Dorotheus guidensis | |||
| Pterotrigonia | P. cazadoriana | |||
| Gunnarites | G. sp. | |||
| Pachydiscus | P. aff. gollevilensis | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Quiriquina Formation
- Allen Formation, Campanian to Maastrichtian fossiliferous formation of the Neuquén Basin
- Angostura Colorada Formation, Campanian to Maastrichtian fossiliferous formation of the North Patagonian Massif
- La Colonia Formation, Campanian to Maastrichtian formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin
- Colorado Formation, Campanian to Maastrichtian fossiliferous formation of the Colorado Basin
- Lago Colhué Huapí Formation, Campanian to Maastrichtian fossiliferous formation of the Golfo San Jorge Basin
References
- ^ Dorotea Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Otero et al., 2009
- ^ Goin et al., 2020, p.9
- ^ Otero et al., 2015, p.240
- ^ Río de las Chinas Valley at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Alarcón Muñoz et al., 2020
- ^ Otero et al., 2015
- ^ Davis, Sarah N.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; Fernández, Roy A.; Amudeo, Jared; Leppe, Marcelo A.; Rubilar-Rogers, David; Vargas, Alexander O.; Clarke, Julia A. (December 2022). "New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous theropod diversity". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 122: 104163. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104163. S2CID 254850180.
- ^ Alarcón-Muñoz, Jhonatan; Vargas, Alexander O.; Püschel, Hans P.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; Manríquez, Leslie; Leppe, Marcelo; Kaluza, Jonatan; Milla, Verónica; Gutstein, Carolina S.; Palma-Liberona, José; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; Frey, Eberhard; Pino, Juan Pablo; Bajor, Dániel; Núñez, Elaine (2023-06-16). "Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile". Science Advances. 9 (24): eadg2456. Bibcode:2023SciA....9G2456A. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg2456. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 10275600. PMID 37327335.
- ^ Goin et al., 2020
- ^ Martinelli, A. G.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Goin, F. J.; Kaluza, J.; Bostelmann, J. E.; Fonseca, P. H. M. F.; Reguero, M. A.; Leppe, M.; Vargas, A. O. (2021). "New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era". Scientific Reports. 11 (7594): 7594. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.7594M. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87245-4. PMC 8027844. PMID 33828193.
- ^ Kuschel, 1959
Bibliography
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