Cañón del Colorado Formation

For other uses, see Colorado Formation.

Cañón del Colorado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic, 200–176 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Upper Pelitic Member
Thickness	>148 m (486 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Other	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	30.5°S 68.5°W / -30.5; -68.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	31.0°S 30.0°W / -31.0; -30.0
Region	San Juan Province
Country	Argentina
Extent	Sierra de Mogna
Type section
Named for	Colorado River
Cañón del Colorado Formation (Argentina)

The Canon del Colorado Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the San Juan Province of Argentina. The formation comprises conglomerates and claystones and is exposed in the Sierra de Mogna. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Adeopapposaurus.[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
• Etjo Sandstone

References

1. Sierra de Mogna at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Further reading

• R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164
• J. P. Milana, R. N. Martínez, and O. A. Alcober. 1995. A new dinosaur locality of Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic age from San Juan province, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):44A-45A