Zapata Formation
Zapata Formation (Spanish : Formación Zapata ) is a sedimentary formation of Lower Cretaceous age in the Magallanes or Austral Basin of Argentina and Chile . Much of the formation is folded and faulted as consequence of the Andean orogeny .[ 1] In outcrops of the Zapata Formation near Torres del Paine , the ichthyosaur genus Myobradypterygius has been found.[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ Fildani et al., 2008
^ Pardo Pérez et al., 2012
^ Páramo, 2018, p.16
Bibliography
Fildani, Andrea, Romans, B.W., Fosdick, J.C., Crane, W.H., and Hubbard, S.M. (2008). Orogenesis of the Patagonian Andes as reflected by basin evolution in southernmost South America , in Spencer, J.E., and Titley, S.R., eds., Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic evolution, and ore deposits: Arizona Geological Society Digest 22 : 259–268
Páramo Fonseca , María Eurídice (2018), "Restos apendiculares de un ictiosaurio oftalmosáurido del Barremiano inferior de Villa de Leiva, Colombia" , Boletín de Geología , 40 : 15–30, doi :10.18273/revbol.v40n1-2018001 , retrieved 2019-02-06
Pardo Pérez, Judith; Frey, Eberhard; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; Fernández, Marta S.; Rivas, Luis; Salazar, Christian; Leppe, Marcelo (2012), "An ichthyosaurian forefin from the Lower Cretaceous Zapata Formation of southern Chile: implications for morphological variability within Platypterygius " , Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments , 92 (2): 287–294, Bibcode :2012PdPe...92..287P , doi :10.1007/s12549-012-0074-8 , S2CID 128487253 , retrieved 2016-08-30
Further reading
M. R. Schultz, A. Fildani, and M. Suarez. 2003. Occurrence of the southernmost South American ichthyosaur (Middle Jurassic), Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Patagonia, southernmost Chile. Palaios 18:69-73
Terranes Sedimentary formations and groups
Batholiths Metamorphic complexes Faults