Lagarcito Formation Explained

Lagarcito Formation
Type:Geological formation
Period:Albian
Age:Albian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Otherlithology:Mudstone
Region:San Luis Province
Country:Argentina
Coordinates:-32.5°N -67°W
Paleocoordinates:-38°N -38.7°W
Underlies:San Roque Formation
Overlies:La Cruz Formation
Extent:Marayes-El Carrizal Basin

The Lagarcito Formation is an Albian geologic formation in Argentina. Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation. The formation overlies the La Cruz Formation and is overlain by the San Roque Formation. The sandstones and mudstones of the formation were deposited in a fluvial and mostly lacustrine environment.[1] The fossil association and the geological evidence indicate that the Lagarcito Formation represents a perennial shallow lake situated in an alluvial plain where detrital sedimentation and semiarid climatic conditions predominated.[2]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the Lagarcito Formation:[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Gardini et al., 2009, p.554
  2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=134523 Loma del Pterodaustro fossil site
  3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=22710 Loma del Pterodaustro