Cordobés Formation

Cordobés Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pragian-Emsian
~409–392 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofDurazno Group
UnderliesLa Paloma Formation
OverliesCerrezuelo Formation
Thickness92 m (302 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
OtherFine sandstone
Location
Coordinates33°00′S 55°00′W / 33.0°S 55.0°W / -33.0; -55.0
Approximate paleocoordinates68°30′S 136°12′W / 68.5°S 136.2°W / -68.5; -136.2
RegionDurazno Department
Country Uruguay
ExtentNorte Basin
Type section
Named forArroyo Cordobés
Named byBossi
Year defined1966
Cordobés Formation is located in Uruguay
Cordobés Formation
Cordobés Formation (Uruguay)

The Cordobés Formation is an Early Devonian (Pragian to Emsian) geologic formation of the Durazno Group in the Paraná Basin in the Durazno Department of central Uruguay. The shallow marine shales preserve trilobite, bivalve, gastropod and brachiopod fossils.[1][2]

Description

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The Cordobés Formation is characterized by reddish fine shale deposited in a shallow marine environment.

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Emsian Loc. 1 of Melo: Uraguayan outcrop belt at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Daners et al., 2017
  3. ^ Melo, 1988

Bibliography

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  • Daners, Gloria; Le Hérissé, Alain; Breuer, Pierre; Veroslavsky, Gerardo (2017), "Pragian–Emsian palynomorphs from the Cordobés Formation, Norte Basin, Uruguay: stratigraphically restricted and regionally correlative palynological events in the cool-water Malvinokaffric Realm", Palynology, 41 (sup1): 121–137, doi:10.1080/01916122.2017.1366115, ISSN 0191-6122
  • Melo, J. H. G (1988), The Malvinokaffric realm in the Devonian of Brazil. N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass, eds. Devonian of the World, Volume I, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, pp. 669–703