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The Tacuarembó Formation is a Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) geologic formation of the eponymous department in northern Uruguay.[1]

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  1. 47 relations: Alcheringa (journal), Arganodus, Asiatoceratodus, Bivalvia, Buena Vista Formation, Ceratosaurus, Cf., Coelurosauria, Cretaceous Research, Crocodylomorpha, Diplodon, Fish, Fluvial sediment processes, Fossilworks, Gastropoda, Geological formation, Halecostomi, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Kimmeridgian, Lake, Late Jurassic, List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay, Mawsonia (fish), Meridiosaurus, Mesoeucrocodylia, Mudstone, Neoceratodus, Ornithopoda, Palaeontology (journal), Paraná Basin, Reptile, Sandstone, Sauropoda, Semionotiformes, Siltstone, Tacuadactylus, Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó Department, Tacuarembemys, Theropoda, Torvosaurus, Trace fossil, Trace fossil classification, Turtle, Uruguay, Viviparidae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

  2. Geography of Tacuarembó Department
  3. Geologic formations of Uruguay
  4. Jurassic System of South America
  5. Jurassic Uruguay
  6. Kimmeridgian Stage
  7. Paleontology in Uruguay

Alcheringa (journal)

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of palaeontology and its ramifications into the Earth and biological sciences, especially the disciplines of taxonomy, biostratigraphy, micropalaeontology, vertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany, palynology, palaeobiology, palaeoanatomy, palaeoecology, biostratinomy, biogeography, chronobiology, biogeochemistry and palichnology.

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Arganodus

Arganodus is an extinct genus of freshwater lungfish that had a wide global distribution throughout much of the Triassic period, with a single species surviving across Gondwana into the Cretaceous.

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Asiatoceratodus

Asiatoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Middle-Late Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods in what is now Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Africa (Ethiopia, Niger, Algeria, Morocco) and South America (Uruguay and Brazil).

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Buena Vista Formation

The Buena Vista Formation is a Late Permian-Early Triassic geologic formation of the Cerro Largo Department in northeastern Uruguay. Tacuarembó Formation and Buena Vista Formation are fluvial deposits, fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America, geologic formations of Uruguay, Mudstone formations, paleontology in Uruguay, Paraná Basin and Sandstone formations.

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Ceratosaurus

Ceratosaurus (from Greek κέρας/κέρατος, keras/keratos meaning "horn" and σαῦρος sauros meaning "lizard") was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian ages).

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Cf.

The abbreviation cf. (short for either Latin confer or conferatur, both meaning 'compare') is used in writing to refer the reader to other material to make a comparison with the topic being discussed.

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Coelurosauria

Coelurosauria (from Greek, meaning "hollow-tailed lizards") is the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs.

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Cretaceous Research

Cretaceous Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.

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Crocodylomorpha

Crocodylomorpha is a group of pseudosuchian archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives.

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Diplodon

Diplodon is a genus of freshwater pearly mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the Hyriidae family.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Fluvial sediment processes

In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments.

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Fossilworks

Fossilworks is a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a large relational database assembled by hundreds of paleontologists from around the world.

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Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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Halecostomi

Halecostomi is the name of a group of neopterygian fish uniting the halecomorphs (represented by the living bowfin and many extinct groups) and the teleosts, the largest group of extant ray-finned fish.

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1980 by Jiri Zidek (University of Oklahoma).

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Kimmeridgian

In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series.

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Lake

A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.

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Late Jurassic

The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay. Tacuarembó Formation and list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay are fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America, geologic formations of Uruguay and paleontology in Uruguay.

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Mawsonia (fish)

Mawsonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish.

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Meridiosaurus

Meridiosaurus is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian that is a possible member of the family Pholidosauridae.

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Mesoeucrocodylia

Mesoeucrocodylia is the clade that includes Eusuchia and crocodyliforms formerly placed in the paraphyletic group Mesosuchia.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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Neoceratodus

Neoceratodus is a genus of lungfish in the family Neoceratodontidae.

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Ornithopoda

Ornithopoda is a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs, called ornithopods.

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Palaeontology (journal)

Palaeontology is one of the two scientific journals of the Palaeontological Association (the other being Papers in Palaeontology).

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Paraná Basin

The Paraná Basin (Bacia do Paraná, Cuenca del Paraná) is a large cratonic sedimentary basin situated in the central-eastern part of South America.

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sauropoda

Sauropoda, whose members are known as sauropods (from sauro- + -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs.

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Semionotiformes

Semionotiformes is an order of ray-finned fish known from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).

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Siltstone

Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt.

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Tacuadactylus

Tacuadactylus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay. Tacuarembó Formation and Tacuadactylus are Jurassic Uruguay.

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Tacuarembó

Tacuarembó (Guarani: Takuarembo, literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay.

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Tacuarembó Department

Tacuarembó is the largest department of Uruguay and it is part of its northern region.

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Tacuarembemys

Tacuarembemys ("Tacuarembó turtle") is an extinct genus of continental turtle from South America. Tacuarembó Formation and Tacuarembemys are Jurassic Uruguay.

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Theropoda

Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores.

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Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus is a genus of large megalosaurine theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 165 to 148 million years ago during the Callovian to Tithonian ages of the late Middle and Late Jurassic period in what is now Colorado, Portugal, Germany, and possibly England, Spain, Tanzania, and Uruguay.

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Trace fossil

A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil (from ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms but not the preserved remains of the organism itself.

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Trace fossil classification

Trace fossils are classified in various ways for different purposes.

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Turtle

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.

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Uruguay

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.

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Viviparidae

Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large aquatic gastropod mollusks, being some of the most widely distributed operculate freshwater snails.

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering zoology published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Linnean Society.

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See also

Geography of Tacuarembó Department

Geologic formations of Uruguay

Jurassic System of South America

Jurassic Uruguay

Kimmeridgian Stage

Paleontology in Uruguay

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacuarembó_Formation