Takutu_Formation

Takutu Formation

Takutu Formation

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The Takutu Formation is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Guyana and northern Brazil. The formation comprises sandstones deposited in a shallow water to littoral setting.[1] Fossil theropod tracks (a type of dinosaur) have been reported from the formation.[2][3] A paleobotanic analysis of drill cores of the formation was conducted by Thomas van der Hammen in 1966 and showed fossil Classiopolis flora.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Berrangé, 1977, p.84
  2. [2]
    Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  3. [3]
    Leonardi, 1994, p.69

Bibliography

  • Berrangé, J.P. 1977. The geology of Southern Guyana, South America. Institute of Geological Sciences Overseas Memoir 4. 1–112. Accessed 2018-09-07.
  • Leonardi, Giuseppe. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an appendix on Mexico and Central America, 1–248. Ministerio de Minas e Energia - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Geological Service of Brazil. Accessed 2019-03-25.
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading

  • R. B. McConnell, D. M. Smith, and J. P. Berrangé. 1969. Geological and geophysical evidence for a rift valley in the Guiana Shield. Geologie en Mijnbouw 48(2):189-199
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