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La Quinta

Formation	La Quinta
Member(s)	Camino Carretero
Age:	201 - 174 Ma Jurassic
Interval	Early Jurassic
Lithology	siltstone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	9

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Pueblo Nuevo	Jitotol, Chiapas, Mexico	La Quinta - Camino Carretero
Rio La Grita	Táchira, Venezuela	La Quinta
La Fundacíon	Táchira, Venezuela	La Quinta
La Quinta quarry	Táchira, Venezuela	La Quinta

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
La Quinta - Camino Carretero	28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic	bafflestone/siltstone, framestone	32

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Vertebrata subphylum	2.3	Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Laquintasaura venezuelae species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Laquintasaura : *Laquintasaura venezuelae*	201.3 - 196.5 Ma Early Jurassic
Ornithischia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Osteichthyes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Reptilia class	3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Archosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Dinosauria order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Saurischia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Acropora panamensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : *Acropora panamensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Actinacis barretti species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinacididae : Actinacis : *Actinacis barretti*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Leptoseris portoricensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Leptoseris : *Leptoseris portoricensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Turbinaria durhami species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Turbinaria : *Turbinaria durhami*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Diploastrea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : *Diploastrea*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Diploastrea crassolamellata species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastraeidae : Diploastrea : *Diploastrea crassolamellata*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Agathiphyllia anguillensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Agathiphyllia : *Agathiphyllia anguillensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Agathiphyllia antiguensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Agathiphyllia : *Agathiphyllia antiguensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Agathiphyllia hilli species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Agathiphyllia : *Agathiphyllia hilli*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Antiguastrea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Antiguastrea*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Astrea cellulosa species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Astrea : *Astrea cellulosa*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Colpophyllia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Colpophyllia*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Colpophyllia : *Colpophyllia willoughbiensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Meandrina antiguensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Meandrinidae : Meandrina : *Meandrina antiguensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Favites polygonalis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : *Favites polygonalis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Goniastrea canalis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea : *Goniastrea canalis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Montastraea endothecata species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : *Montastraea endothecata*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Montastrea gabbi species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : *Montastrea gabbi*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Mycetophyllia bullbrooki species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Mycetophyllia : *Mycetophyllia bullbrooki*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Stylophora lindavistae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : *Stylophora lindavistae*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Alveopora chiapanecae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Alveopora : *Alveopora chiapanecae*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Goniopora hilli species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora : *Goniopora hilli*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Goniopora reussiana species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora : *Goniopora reussiana*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Porites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : *Porites*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Porites douvillei species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : *Porites douvillei*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Porites macdonaldi species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : *Porites macdonaldi*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Porites waylandi species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : *Porites waylandi*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Pironastrea antiguensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Pironastrea : *Pironastrea antiguensis*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Siderastrea conferta species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : *Siderastrea conferta*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Lithothamnion sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : *Lithothamnion*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic
Archaeolithothamnion sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : *Archaeolithothamnion*	28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic

References

Frost S. H., Langenheim, Jr. R. L. (1974) Cenozoic Reef Biofacies, Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press, 1-388

Russell D. E., Rivas O. O., et al (1992) Découverte de vertébrés fossiles dans la Formation de La Quinta, Jurassique du Vénézuéla occidental [Discovery of fossil vertebrates in the La Quinta Formation, Jurassic of western Venezuela], Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, Série II 314, 1247-1252

Sánchez-Villagra M. R., Brinkmann W., et al (2008) The Paleozoic and Mesozoic vertebrate record of Venezuela: an overview, summary of previous discoveries and report of a mosasaur from the La Luna Formation (Cretaceous), Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82 2, 113-124

Baron-Szabo R. (2008) Corals of the KT-boundary: Scleractinian corals of the suborders Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, 1-244

Barrett P. M., Butler R. J., et al (2008) Dinosaur remains from the La Quinta Formation (Lower or Middle Jurassic) of the Venezuelan Andes, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82 2, 163-177

Barrett P. M., Butler R. J., et al (2014) A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 20141147-841 doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1147

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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