Asencio Formation
| Asencio Formation | ||
|---|---|---|
Ma | ||
| Type | 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) | ||
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]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Fossil eggs
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
- Adamantina Formation
- Allen Formation
- Marília Formation
References
- ^ 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
- 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