{{Short description|Geologic formation in Peru}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Vilquechico Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = Late Campanian-Late Maastrichtian<br />~{{fossil range|76|66}} | period = Maastrichtian | prilithology = Sandstone | otherlithology = Shale | namedfor = Vilquechico | namedby = | region = Puno Department | country = Peru | coordinates = {{coord|15|13|03|S|69|40|56|W|display=inline,title}} | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = Auzangate Formation | overlies = Ayabacas Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = Blakey 065Ma - COL.jpg | map_caption = Paleogeography of Northern South America, 65 Ma<br />{{small|by Ron Blakey}} }} {{Location map | Peru | AlternativeMap = Peru physical map.svg | width = 330 | lat_deg = -15.217511 | lon_deg = -69.682198 | label = | float = right | position = right | mark = Lightgreen pog.svg | marksize = 12 | caption = Type locality of the Vilquichico Formation in Peru }} The '''Vilquechico Formation''' is a Late Campanian to Late Maastrichtian geologic formation in southern Peru. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref> The formation overlies the Ayabacas Formation and is overlain by the Auzangate Formation.<ref name=Jaimes2016_p1>Jaimes et al., 2016, p.1</ref>
== Paleofauna == In the formation, tracks of the following species have been found:<ref name=Salas2010_p54>Salas & Chacaltana, 2010, p.54</ref><ref name=Jaimes2016_p3>Jaimes et al., 2016, p.3</ref> * ''Ornithomimipus jaillardi'' * ''Hadrosaurichnus titicacaensis''
== See also == * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations ** List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks *** Ornithopod tracks
== References == {{Reflist}}
=== Bibliography === * {{cite conference |last=Jaimes |first=Fredy |last2=Salas Gismundi |first2=Rodolfo |last3=Chacaltana |first3=César |year=2016 |title=Nuevas Icnitas de un Dinosaurio Terópodo del Cretáceo Superior en Sedimentitas de la Formación Vilquechico, Perú |conference= XVIII Congreso Peruano de Geología |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309652141 |pages=1–4 |accessdate=2017-06-05}} * {{cite journal |last=Salas Gismundi |first=Rodolfo |last2=Chacaltana |first2=César |year=2010 |title=Huellas de un arcosaurio triásico en la Formación Sarayaquillo (Cuenca Ene, Perú) y el icnoregistro de vertebrados en el mesozóico del Perú |url=http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/paleontologiaver/Salas-Gismondi_&_Chacaltana_2010_Brachychirotherium_e_Icnitas_mesozoicas_Peru.pdf |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú |volume=104 |pages=41–58 |accessdate=2017-06-05}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Weishampel |editor-first=David B. |editor-last2=Dodson |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=Osmólska |editor-first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria|edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |location=Berkeley|publisher= University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21|ISBN=0-520-24209-2}}
Category:Geologic formations of Peru Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of South America Category:Cretaceous Peru Category:Campanian Stage Category:Maastrichtian Stage of South America Category:Sandstone formations Category:Shale formations Category:Ichnofossiliferous formations Category:Paleontology in Peru Category:Geography of the Department of Puno