Asencio Formation

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]

Asencio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsDel Palacio Member
UnderliesQueguay & Fray Bentos Formations
OverliesMercedes Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates33.0°S 57.2°W / -33.0; -57.2
Approximate paleocoordinates36.6°S 41.6°W / -36.6; -41.6
RegionColonia, Río Negro, Soriano, Tacuarembó
Country Uruguay
ExtentParaná Basin
Type section
Named forCry of Asencio
Asencio Formation is located in Uruguay
Asencio Formation
Asencio Formation (Uruguay)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Fossil eggs

See also

References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
  2. Drable-Palmitas at Fossilworks.org
  3. 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

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading

  • 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
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