Termas del Flaco: Tithonian, Chile
collected by D. Márquez, A. Fasola, R. M. Casamiquela 1966-1967
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theropoda informal indet. 1
(Marsh 1881)
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Moreno and Benton 2005 | |||||||||
| large morph | ||||||||||
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Theropoda informal indet. 2
(Marsh 1881)
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Moreno and Benton 2005 | |||||||||
| small morph | ||||||||||
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| tridactyl | ||||||||||
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= Iguanodonichnus frenkii n. gen., n. sp.
Casamiquela and Fasola 1968
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Casamiquela and Fasola 1968 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Dinosauria | ||||||||||
| trackways; SGPV1151 (cast of footprint 6) | ||||||||||
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Moreno and Benton 2005 | |||||||||
| second morph | ||||||||||
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Camptosaurichnus fasolae n. gen., n. sp.
Casamiquela and Fasola 1968
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Casamiquela and Fasola 1968 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ornithopoda | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile | State/province: | O'Higgins | County: | Colchagua |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° South, 70.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° South, 33.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1700 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baños del Flaco | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: basal unit of formation (originally Lower Cretaceous), close to boundary with Río Damas Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic,gray calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "dark gray calcareous sandstone, 15 cm thick", with volcanic clasts | |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
| Geology comments: carbonate platform environment, swampy deposition | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. Márquez, A. Fasola, R. M. Casamiquela | Collection dates: | 1966-1967 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Baños del Flaco, Leonardi locality 84, Tinguiririca | ||
| Database number: | 57141 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-05 14:09:40 | Last modified: | 2022-07-15 15:17:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-05 14:09:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63183. | A. Fasola R. 1966. Hallazgo de huellas de dinosaurios en el Alto Tinguiririca [Discovery of dinosaur bones in Alto Tinguiririca]. Museum Nacional de Historia Natural, Noticiario Mensual 10(1119):8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 59610 | 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 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55099 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1981. Inventario de los vertebrados Jurásicos de América del Sur [Inventory of the Jurassic vertebrates of South America]. In W. Volkheimer & E. A. Musaccio (ed.), Cuencas Sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur 2:661-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15469 | ETE | R. M. Casamiquela and A. R. Fasola. 1968. Sobre pisadas de dinosaurios del Cretácico Inferior de Colchagua (Chile) [On dinosaur trackways from the Lower Cretaceous of Colchagua (Chile)]. Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Geología 30:5-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 53055 | G. Chong Diaz and Z. B. d. Gasparini. 1976. Los vertebrados mesozoicos de Chile y su aporte geo-paleontologico [The Mesozoic vertebrates of Chile and their geo-paleontological importance]. Actas del Sexto Congreso Geologico Argentino, Bahia Blanca, 21-27 September 1975 45-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82180 | J. O. Farlow. 1992. Sauropod tracks and trackmakers: integrating the ichnological and skeletal records. Zubía 10:89-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62875 | G. Leonardi. 1981. As localidades com rastros fósseis de tetrápodes na América Latina [Localities with fossil tetrapod tracks in Latin America]. In Y. T. Sanguinetti (ed.), Anais II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologia 2:929-940 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59104 | G. Leonardi. 1989. Inventory and statistics of the South American dinosaurian ichnofauna and its paleobiological interpretation. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 165-178 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14677 | ETE | G. Leonardi. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an Appendix on Mexico and Central America. . República Federativa do Brasil, Ministério de Minas e Energia, Secretaria de Minas e Metalurgia, Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Brasília 1-248 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/E. Dunne] |
| 76530 | K. Moreno. 2008. Valoración y estado de conservación de huellas de vertebrados Mesozoicos en Chile [Evaluation and conservation of Mesozoic vertebrate footprints in Chile]. In A. Rubilar R., D. Rubilar-R., & C. S. Gutstein (eds.), I Simposio—Paleontología en Chile. Libro de Actas 13-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15457 | ETE | K. Moreno and M. J. Benton. 2005. Occurence of sauropod dinosaur tracks in the Upper Jurassic of Chile (redescription of Iguanodonichnus frenki). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 20:253-257 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 51919 | D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2006. Icnitas de terópodos en la Formación Baños del Flaco (Jurásico Superior), Chile central [Theropod footprints in the Baños del Flaco Formation (Upper Jurassic), central Chile]. XI Congreso Geológico Chileno, 7–11 August 2006, Antofagasta. Actas 2:117-120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55571 | D. Rubilar-Rogers, R. A. Otero, R. E. Yury-Yáñez, A. O. Vargas, and C. S. Gutstein. 2012. An overview of the dinosaur fossil record from Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 37:242-255 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55605 | P. Salinas, L. G. Marshall, and P. Sepúlveda. 1991. Vertebrados continentales del Paleozoico y Mesozoico de Chile [Continental vertebrates of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Chile]. Actas del VI Congreso Geológicao Chileno, Viña del Mar 310-313 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70300 | W. A. S. Sarjeant, J. B. Delair, and M. G. Lockley. 1998. The footprints of Iguanodon: a history and taxonomic study. Ichnos 6(3):183-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |