Los Blanquitos Formation
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The Los Blanquitos Formation is a geological formation in Salta, Argentina whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
- UnquillosaurusUnquillosaurusUnquillosaurus is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Argentina. Known only from a single fossilized pubis , its total body length may have reached 2-3 meters .The type species Unquillosaurus ceibalii was described by Jaime Eduardo Powell in 1979...
ceiballi - "Pubis."