Toqui Formation
The Toqui Formation is a geological formation in the Aysén Region of southern Chile. It has been dated to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic by uranium–lead dating of zircons, providing an age of 147 ± 0.1 Ma. It consists of an sequence of clastic sedimentary sandstones and conglomerates, interbedded with volcanic tuffs and ignimbrite. The dinosaurs Chilesaurus and indeterminate diplodocids and the mesoeucrocodylian Burkesuchus are known from the formation. The formation was deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment.
| Toqui Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~ | |
Cast of Chilesaurus from the Toqui Formation | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Coihaique Group |
| Underlies | Katterfeld Formation |
| Overlies | Ibáñez Formation |
| Thickness | 300–320 m (980–1,050 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate, sandstone, tuffite, ignimbrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 46.6°S 72.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 44.8°S 32.4°W |
| Region | Aysén Region |
| Country | Chile |
Toqui Formation (Chile) | |
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