La Quinta Formation
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The La Quinta Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation which crops out in the Cordillera de Mérida and Serranía del Perijá of western Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. The formation is also prese
The La Quinta Formation near its type section in Táchira, Venezuela
Blakey Pleist COL
Blakey 020Ma COL
Blakey 035Ma COL
Laquintasaura
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Laquintasaura is a genus of Venezuelan ornithischian dinosaur containing a single species, Laquintasaura venezuelae. It is known for being one of the most primitive ornithischians in the fossil record
La Quinta Formation
…Táchira, it consists of a basal dacitic tuff followed by interlayered sandstones, tuffs, siltstones and rare limestones. Dinosaur remains including Laquintasaura, Tachiraptor, and Perijasaurus are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. U–Pb zircon analysis demonstrates that the formation…
Tibia and ischium of Tachiraptor, whose remains were found in the same bonebed as Laquintasaura
Arrangement of the continents at the time Laquintasaura lived, 200 million years ago; as today, Venezuela was located in the northern hemisphere near the equator
The small theropod Tachiraptor lived with and likely preyed upon Laquintasaura.