Vilquechico Formation

Vilquechico Formation
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 / 15.21750°S 69.68222°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

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

Paleofauna

In the formation, tracks of the following species have been found:

Jaimes, Fredy; Salas Gismundi, Rodolfo; Chacaltana, César (2016). Nuevas Icnitas de un Dinosaurio Terópodo del Cretáceo Superior en Sedimentitas de la Formación Vilquechico, Perú. XVIII Congreso Peruano de Geología. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
Salas Gismundi, Rodolfo; Chacaltana, César (2010). "Huellas de un arcosaurio triásico en la Formación Sarayaquillo (Cuenca Ene, Perú) y el icnoregistro de vertebrados en el mesozóico del Perú" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú. 104: 41–58. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.