Rayoso Formation
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Rayoso Formation is a geological formation in the Neuquén Province of Argentina whose strata date back to the Aptian-Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Description
The formation has a maximum thickness of Script error: No such module "convert". and has one member, the Pichi Neuquén Member. The unit comprises sandstones deposited in a lacustrine environment.[2]
Fossil content
Indeterminate ceratosaurian remains located in Neuquén Province, Argentina.[1]
| Dinosaurs of the Rayoso Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Ceratosauria indet. | Indeterminate | Neuquén Province | ||
| Lavocatisaurus | L. agrioensis | Neuquén Province | Specimens representing several individuals at one site, including two juveniles and an adult | |
| Rayososaurus | R. agrioensis | Neuquén Province | Two partial scapulae, most of the left femur, and the proximal half of the left fibula | |
See also
References
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- ↑ a b Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, South America).", pp.570-571
- ↑ 3 km south of Agrio del Medio at Fossilworks.org
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Bibliography
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Further reading
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- J. F. Bonaparte. 1996. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30:73-130
- L. Salgado, J. I. Canudo, A. C. Garrido and J. L. Carballido. 2012. Evidence of gregariousness in rebbachisaurids (Dinosauria, Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Neuquén (Rayoso Formation), Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):603-613