Letrero Formation

The Letrero Formation is a Late Miocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in south-central Ecuador. The formation comprises lacustrine sediments with strong fluvial clastic input and contains siltstones and fine-grained sandstones.[1]

Letrero Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene
(Mayoan-Montehermosan)
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates3.3°S 79.1°W / -3.3; -79.1
Approximate paleocoordinates3.7°S 77.4°W / -3.7; -77.4
RegionAzuay Province
Country Ecuador
ExtentSierra Region
Letrero Formation is located in Ecuador
Letrero Formation
Letrero Formation (Ecuador)

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:

See also

References

  1. RHM Locality 4 at Fossilworks.org
  2. Carlini et al., 2014

Bibliography

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