Zapata Formation () is a sedimentary formation of Lower Cretaceous age in the Magallanes or Austral Basin of Argentina and Chile. Much of the formation is folded and faulted as consequence of the Andean orogeny.Fildani et al., 2008 In outcrops of the Zapata Formation near Torres del Paine, the ichthyosaur genus Myobradypterygius has been found.Pardo Pérez et al., 2012Páramo, 2018, p.16
Fossil content
Ichthyosaurs Ichthyosaurs of the Zapata Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Myobradypterygius M. hauthali A ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur
References
Bibliography Fildani, Andrea, Romans, B.W., Fosdick, J.C., Crane, W.H., and Hubbard, S.M. (2008). Orogenesis of the Patagonian Andes as reflected by basin evolution in southernmost South America, in Spencer, J.E., and Titley, S.R., eds., Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic evolution, and ore deposits: Arizona Geological Society Digest 22: 259–268
Further reading M. R. Schultz, A. Fildani, and M. Suarez. 2003. Occurrence of the southernmost South American ichthyosaur (Middle Jurassic), Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Patagonia, southernmost Chile. Palaios 18:69-73