Candeleros Formation near Cerro El Vagon, Neuquen, Argentina
Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Neuquén Group Río Limay Subgroup
Underlies
Huincul Formation
Overlies
Lohan Cura Formation
Thickness
300 m (980 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Eolian sandstone
Other
Conglomerate, siltstone, paleosol
Location
Coordinates
39°24′S69°12′W / 39.4°S 69.2°W / -39.4; -69.2
Approximate paleocoordinates
46°30′S45°30′W / 46.5°S 45.5°W / -46.5; -45.5
Region
Mendoza, Neuquén & Río Negro Provinces
Country
Argentina
Extent
Neuquén Basin
Type section
Named for
Candeleros Hill
Named by
Wichmann
Year defined
1929
Candeleros Formation (Argentina)
The Candeleros Formation (formerly known as the Candeleros Member of the "Río Limay Formation") is a geologic formation that crops out in the Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza provinces of northern Patagonia, Argentina. It is the oldest formation in the Neuquén Group and belongs to the Rio Limay Subgroup. Formerly that subgroup was treated as a formation, and the Candeleros Formation was known as the Candeleros Member.[1]
^Sánchez et al., 2006
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from the Cenomanian CandelerosFormation (Argentina) with a different morphology from previously recorded tracks from this formation, interpreted as more...
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Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research. 12 (4): 533–546...
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been unearthed from the Anacleto Formation, the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, the CandelerosFormation, the Huincul Formation, and possibly the Sir Fernandez...
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theropods which lived during the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) CandelerosFormation of Argentina. It contains the type species, B. argentina. In 1998...
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an unnamed rebbachisaurid specimen from the geologically older CandelerosFormation—originally described in 2011 as belonging to a titanosaur—also has...
dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina at the CandelerosFormation. Buitreraptor was described in 2005 and the type species is Buitreraptor...
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Bonaparte. These two adult specimens likely hailed from the top of the CandelerosFormation, which is dated to the early Cenomanian age. An additional smaller...
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