Laguna Colorada Formation

The Laguna Colorada Formation is a geological formation of the Austral Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The formation belongs to the El Tranquilo Group and dates back to the Early Jurassic, with a maximum age of 192.78 ± 0.14 Ma.^[1][2]

Laguna Colorada Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic <192.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	El Tranquilo Group
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	dolomite
Location
Coordinates	48.1°S 68.3°W / -48.1; -68.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	56.7°S 24.8°W / -56.7; -24.8
Region	Santa Cruz Province
Country	Argentina
Extent	Austral Basin
Laguna Colorada Formation (Argentina)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaur tracks geographically located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.^[1]

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Laguna Colorada Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes	Images
Mussaurus[1][3]	M. patagonicus	Santa Cruz Province	"More than [ten] fragmentary to complete skeletons, [four] skulls, juvenile to adult"	A anchisaurian sauropodomorph
Heterodontosauridae indet.[1]	Ineterminate	Santa Cruz Province

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations