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Las Quijadas, Belgrano Department, San Luis Province, Argentinai
Regional Level Types
Las QuijadasNational Park
Belgrano DepartmentDepartment
San Luis ProvinceProvince
ArgentinaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
44534
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:44534:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
parc national Sierra de las Quijadas, Belgrano, Province de San Luis, Argentine
German:
Nationalpark Sierra de las Quijadas, Departamento Belgrano , Provinz San Luis, Argentinien
Italian:
parco nazionale della Sierra de las Quijadas, Dipartimento di Belgrano, Provincia di San Luis, Argentina
Russian:
Сьерра-де-лас-Кихадас, Бельграно, Сан-Луис, Аргентина
Simplified Chinese:
齊哈拉斯山國家公園, 貝爾格拉諾縣, 圣路易省, 阿根廷
Spanish:
Parque nacional Sierra de las Quijadas, Departamento Belgrano , Provincia de San Luis, Argentina
Armenian:
Սիեռա դե լաս Կիխադաս, Սան Լուիս
Cebuano:
Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas, Provincia de San Luis
Dutch:
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park, Belgrano, San Luis, Argentinië
Georgian:
სიერა-დე-ლას-კიხადასის ეროვნული პარკი, სან-ლუისის პროვინცია
Hungarian:
Sierra de las Quijadas Nemzeti Park, Belgrano megye, Argentína
Lithuanian:
Kichadaso kalnų nacionalinis parkas, San Luiso provincija, Argentina
Mingrelian:
სიერა-დე-ლას-კიხადასიშ ერუანული პარკი
Occitan:
Parc Nacionau Sierra de las Quijadas, Província de San Luis
Portuguese:
Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas, Belgrano , San Luis, Argentina
Swedish:
Sierra de las Quijadas nationalpark, San Luis, Argentina
Vietnamese:
Vườn quốc gia Sierra de las Quijadas, San Luis, Argentina


The Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas) is located mainly in the Belgrano department, but also a small portion in the Ayacucho department (the northern part).

It was established on December 10, 1991, to protect the natural features, representative of the Semiarid Chaco and the Argentine Low Monte ecoregions.

A landscape of rocks modelled by water, the water of an ocean long time gone. This is also a good place to look for dinosaur traces.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences18
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lagarcito14113 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Gigante - La Cruz1125 - 113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Los Jumes2145 - 130 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
El Gigante - Lagarcito - Lower1145 - 66 Ma (Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Bisulcocypris
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Bisulcocypris113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Copytus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Neocytherideididae : Copytus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lepidotes
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lepisosteiformes : Lepidotes113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Magnoliophyta
phylum
Plantae : Magnoliophyta113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cyzicus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Diplostraca : Cyzicidae : Cyzicus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anchisauripus australis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : Anchisauripus australis145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Batrachopus argentina
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Batrachopodidae : Batrachopus : Batrachopus argentina145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Treptichnus
genus
Treptichnus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Darwinula
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Darwinulidae : Darwinula113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anura
order
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleuropholidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pholidophoriformes : Pleuropholidae113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Candonopsis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Candonidae : Candonopsis113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trichoptera
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Trichoceridae : Trichoptera113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pterodaustro guinazui
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodaustridae : Pterodaustro : Pterodaustro guinazui125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neosemionotus puntanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Neosemionotus : Neosemionotus puntanus145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 4 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_las_Quijadas_National_Park
Wikidata ID:Q829305
GeoNames ID:8051465


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