Asencio Formation
Asencio Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Del Palacio Member |
Underlies | Queguay & Fray Bentos Formations |
Overlies | Mercedes Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 33°00′S 57°12′W / 33.0°S 57.2°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 36°36′S 41°36′W / 36.6°S 41.6°W |
Region | Colonia, Río Negro, Soriano, Tacuarembó |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Paraná Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Cry of Asencio |
The Asencio Formation is a geological formation in the Paraná Basin of southwestern Uruguay whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit]Fossil eggs
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
- Adamantina Formation
- Allen Formation
- Marília Formation
References
[edit]- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
- ^ Neuquensaurus australis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Laplatasaurus araukanicus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Antarctosaurus wichmannianus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Mones, A. (1980) "Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria)." Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires 1:265-277 (in Spanish)
Bibliography
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
[edit]- F. v. Huene. 1929. Terrestrische Oberkreide in Uruguay [The terrestrial Upper Cretaceous in Uruguay]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie Abteilung B 1929:107-112