Vertebrate Paleofauna
The Candeleros Formation has a very diverse fossil fauna, including:
- fish
- frogs
- Iguanodonts
- sphenodontians
- primitive snakes (including Najash)
- several turtles (including 2 species of Prochelidella)
- rebbachisaurid sauropods (Limaysaurus and Nopcsaspondylus)
- titanosaurian sauropods (including Andesaurus)
- an abelisaurid theropod (Ekrixinatosaurus)
- a carcharodontosaurid theropod (Giganotosaurus)
- a dromaeosaurid theropod (Buitreraptor)
- an alvarezsaurid theropod (Alnashetri)
- a basal coelurosaurian (Bicentenaria)
- cladotherian mammals
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