Vilquechico Formation

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:

• Ornithomimipus jaillardi
• Hadrosaurichnus titicacaensis

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks Ornithopod tracks

Bibliography

• Jaimes, Fredy; Salas Gismundi, Rodolfo; Chacaltana, César (2016). . XVIII Congreso Peruano de Geología. pp. 1–4.
• Salas Gismundi, Rodolfo; Chacaltana, César (2010). (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú. 104: 41–58.
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.