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Asencio Formation

Coordinates: 33°00′S 57°12′W / 33.0°S 57.2°W / -33.0; -57.2
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Asencio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
~83.6–66.0 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsDel Palacio Member
UnderliesQueguay & Fray Bentos Formations
OverliesMercedes Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates33°00′S 57°12′W / 33.0°S 57.2°W / -33.0; -57.2
Approximate paleocoordinates36°36′S 41°36′W / 36.6°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)

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

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Fossil eggs

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
  2. ^ Neuquensaurus australis at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Laplatasaurus araukanicus at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Antarctosaurus wichmannianus at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ 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

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

Further reading

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  • 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