Río Belgrano Formation
Geologic formation in southern Argentina
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Río Belgrano Formation (Argentina)
The Río Belgrano Formation is a Barremian to Aptian geologic formation of the Austral Basin in Patagonia, southern Argentina. Among others, pterosaur and ichthyosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been recovered from the formation:[2]
- Hatchericeras patagonense
- Palaeastacus terraereginae
- Platypterygius hauthali[3]
- Sanmartinoceras africanum
- Tonohamites aequicingulatus
- ?Anhangueridae indet.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Páramo Fonseca, María Eurídice (2018), "Restos apendiculares de un ictiosaurio oftalmosáurido del Barremiano inferior de Villa de Leiva, Colombia", Boletín de Geología, 40: 15–30, doi:10.18273/revbol.v40n1-2018001, retrieved 2019-02-06
Further reading
- M. B. Aguirre Urreta. 1989. The Cretaceous decapod Crustacea of Argentina and the Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontology 32(3):499-552
- M. B. Aguirre Urreta. 1986. Aptian ammonites from the Argentinian Austral Basin. The Subfamily Helicancylinae Hyatt, 1894. Annals of the South African Museum 96(7):271-314
- J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods]. Opera Lilloana 26:1-596