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 ~ | |
| 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 |  Uruguay |
| Extent | Paraná Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cry of Asencio |
  Asencio Formation (Uruguay) | |
Vertebrate paleofauna edit
Fossil eggs edit
See also edit
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.; 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 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