Lohan Cura Formation

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox rockunit The Lohan Cura Formation is a geologic formation with outcrops in the Argentine provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza. It is the second oldest Cretaceous terrestrial formation in the Neuquén Basin.

The Lohan Cura Formation unconformably overlies the terrestrial La Amarga Formation. In some places it also overlies the older marine Agrio and Bajada Colorada Formations of the Mendoza Group through the same Middle Miranican unconformity. It is in turn overlain by the Candeleros Formation of the Neuquén Group, separated by the Main Miranican unconformity. The Lohan Cura correlates with the Rayoso Formation in some areas.[1]

Subdivision

The Lohan Cura Formation contains two members of roughly equal thickness. The lowermost member, Puesto Quiroga Member is approximately Template:Convert thick. The lowest sediments in this unit are conglomerates, overlain by sandstones and siltstones. The upper two-thirds of the member consists mainly of shales. The Cullín Grande Member is the upper member within the formation, about Template:Convert thick, which contains numerous sandstones displaying evidence of stream channels. Near the top of the sequence, siltstones and claystones become dominant.

Fossil content

Numerous tetrapod fossils have been recovered from the Cullín Grande Member of the Lohan Cura, including:

The rebbachisaurid Rayososaurus comes from the correlating Rayoso Formation in this same area.

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Dinosaurs of the Lohan Cura Formation
Genus Species Presence Notes Images
Agustinia[2] A. ligabuei[2] Neuquén Province[2] Dorsal sacral and caudal neural arches, hindlimb elements, and pelvic fragments (the latter misidentified as osteoderms)[3]
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Comahuesaurus C. windhauseni Neuquén Province "At least three individuals"
Ligabuesaurus[2] L. leanzai[2] Neuquén Province[2] Partial skull and post cranial remains[2]
Rebbachisauridae indet.[2] unknown[2] Neuquén Province[2]
Pterosaurs of the Lohan Cura Formation
Genus Species Presence Notes Images
Ornithocheiriformes indet.[4] Indeterminate[4] Neuquén Province[4] "Isolated teeth"[4]
Turtles of the Lohan Cura Formation
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See also

References

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Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • J. F. Bonaparte, B. J. González Riga, and S. Apesteguía. 2006. "Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina". Cretaceous Research 27:364–376
  • J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. "An armoured sauropod from the Aptian of northern Patagonia, Argentina". Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:1–12
  • A. G. Martinelli, A. C. Garrido, A. M. Forasiepi, E. R. Paz, and Y. Gurovich. 2007. "Notes on fossil remains from the Early Cretaceous Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina". Gondwana Research 11:537–552
  • L. Salgado, A. Garrido, S. E. Cocca and J. R. Cocca. 2004. "Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del León (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquén province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):903–912
  1. ↑ Leanza et al., 2004, p.66
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd ed., Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 563–570. Template:ISBN.
  3. ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 267.
  4. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
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