Mercedes Formation, Uruguay

The Mercedes Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) geologic formation of the Norte Basin in Uruguay. Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[1] The formation that reaches a thickness of about 100 metres (330 ft),[2] overlies the Guichón Formation and is overlain by the Asencio Formation.[3]

Mercedes Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesAsencio Formation
OverliesGuichón Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates33.4°S 58.3°W / -33.4; -58.3
Approximate paleocoordinates37.3°S 41.4°W / -37.3; -41.4
RegionRío Negro & Soriano Departments
Country Uruguay
ExtentNorte Basin
Type section
Named forMercedes, Uruguay
Mercedes Formation, Uruguay is located in Uruguay
Mercedes Formation, Uruguay
Mercedes Formation, Uruguay (Uruguay)

See also

References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  2. Tofalo et al., 2011, p.616
  3. Tofalo et al., 2011, p.617

Bibliography

  • Tófalo, Ofelia; Pablo J. Pazos, and Leda Sánchez Bettucci. 2011. Estudio composicional de sedimentitas silicoclásticas y paleosuelos de la Formación Mercedes (Cretácico Superior), Uruguay. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 68. 615–626. Accessed 2020-08-23.
  • 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

  • G. Faccio. 1994. Dinosaurian eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch & J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 47-55
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