Paleontological Site Chiniquá
| Chiniquá Paleontological Site | |
|---|---|
Mounted skeleton of Stahleckeria, a dicynodont therapsid recovered from Chiniquá in the 1920s by German paleontologists, in the University of Tübingen (1935). | |
| Location | Paleorrota Geopark São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 29°39′21″S 54°25′38″W / 29.65583°S 54.42722°W |
The Palaeontological Site Chiniquá is located in the Brazilian municipality of São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, along highway BR-287, about 70 kilometers west of the city of Santa Maria. The site occupies an area of about 250 hectares and is part of the geopark of paleorrota. It yielded fossils of Middle Triassic (Ladinian) age.