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Asencio Formation

Asencio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian ~83.6–66.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Del Palacio Member
Underlies	Queguay & Fray Bentos Formations
Overlies	Mercedes Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	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

Sphaerovum erbeni^[5]
Tacuarembovum oblongum^[5]

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

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