S3 tracksite, Villa de Leiva (Jurassic to of Colombia)

Also known as Chiquiza, Villa de Leyva

Where: Boyacá, Colombia (5.6° N, 73.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 42.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Del Techo Member (Arcabuco Formation), Late/Upper Jurassic to Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 139.8 Ma)

• ca. 20 m below contact of Arcabuco Fm. with Ritoque Fm. Two track-bearing levels, Est1 and Est2.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; ferruginous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected in 2008

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Moreno-Sánchez, A. Gómez Cruz, and J. Gómez Tapias. 2011. Reporte de huellas de dinosaurios en el Santuario de Fauna y Flora de Iguaque, en cercanías de Chíquiza (Boyacá, Colombia) [Report of dinosaur tracks in the Iguaque Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, in the environs of Chiquiza (Boyacá, Colombia)]. Boletín de Geología 33(2):107-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220422: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888 ornithischian
track B
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
track C
 Theropoda -
? Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
"plantigrade" track D
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
trackway with tracks A1–A8