Baños del Flaco Formation
Introduction The '''Baños del Flaco Formation''' is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian geologic formation in central Chile. The formation comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a shallow marine to fluvial environment. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.
Fossil content Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formation:;Ichnofossils:* ''Camptosaurichnus fasolae'':* ''Iguanodonichnus frenkii'':* Ornithopoda indet. :* Theropoda indet. * Ammonites, echinoderms and bivalves
See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations** List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks*** Ornithopod tracks* Arcabuco Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in Colombia* Chacarilla Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in northern Chile* Coihaique Group, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation in the Aysén Basin
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Further reading * C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck. 2016.Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:149-182* A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky. 1985.New ''Pygurus'' (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Tithonian of central Chile: first record from the Jurassic of the southern hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1409-1413