Vilquechico Formation

The Vilquechico Formation is a Late Campanian to Late Maastrichtian geologic formation in southern Peru. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1] The formation overlies the Ayabacas Formation and is overlain by the Auzangate Formation.^[2]

Vilquechico Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Late Maastrichtian ~76–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Auzangate Formation
Overlies	Ayabacas Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale
Location
Coordinates	15°13′03″S 69°40′56″W
Region	Puno Department
Country	Peru
Type section
Named for	Vilquechico
Paleogeography of Northern South America, 65 Ma by Ron Blakey

Type locality of the Vilquichico Formation in Peru

Paleofauna

In the formation, tracks of the following species have been found:^[3][4]

• Ornithomimipus jaillardi
• Hadrosaurichnus titicacaensis

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks