Asencio Formation

Asencio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region South America
Country Uruguay

The Asencio Formation is a geological formation in Uruguay whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Fossil Eggs

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. 1 2 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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