Asencio Formation
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". 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
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- ↑ 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)
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Bibliography
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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
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- Upper Cretaceous Series of South America
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- Campanian Stage
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- Sandstone formations
- Ooliferous formations
- Paleontology in Uruguay
- Paraná Basin
- Geography of Colonia Department
- Geography of Río Negro Department
- Geography of Soriano Department
- Geography of Tacuarembó Department