Geological formation in the Río de Las Chinas Valley, Magallanes Basin, Chile
Not to be confused with Cerro Dorotea Formation.
Dorotea Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Maastrichtian ~72–66 Ma
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Type
Geological formation
Underlies
Man Aike Formation
Overlies
Tres Pasos Formation
Thickness
100–350 m (330–1,150 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Sandstone, claystone
Other
Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates
50°42′S72°30′W / 50.7°S 72.5°W / -50.7; -72.5
Approximate paleocoordinates
52°54′S60°30′W / 52.9°S 60.5°W / -52.9; -60.5
Region
Magallanes Region
Country
Chile
Extent
Río de Las Chinas Valley, Magallanes Basin
Type section
Named for
Sierra Dorotea
Named by
Katz
Year defined
1963
Dorotea Formation (Chile)
The Dorotea Formation is a geological formation in the Río de Las Chinas Valley of the Magallanes Basin in Patagonian Chile whose strata date back to the Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Late Cretaceous.[1]
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genus of hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous DoroteaFormation of Chilean Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, G. nanoi...
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