Flechado Formation information

Flechado Formation
Flechado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Moscovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Flechado Formation at its type section, Rio Pueblo Valley, New Mexico.
Type	Formation
Underlies	Alamitos Formation
Overlies	Tererro Formation
Thickness	2,500 ft (760 m)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Other	Siltstone, limestone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	36°09′45″N 105°34′43″W / 36.1623943°N 105.5786314°W
Region	New Mexico
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Flechado Creek
Named by	P.K. Sutherland
Year defined	1963
	Flechado Formation (the United States) Flechado Formation (New Mexico)

The Flechado Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Pennsylvanian.^[1]

^ Sutherland 1963.

[FOOTNOTESutherland1963-1] Sutherland 1963.

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Flechado Formation

Alamitos Formation

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La Pasada Formation

Tererro Formation

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Flechado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Moscovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Flechado Formation at its type section, Rio Pueblo Valley, New Mexico.
Type	Formation
Underlies	Alamitos Formation
Overlies	Tererro Formation
Thickness	2,500 ft (760 m)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Other	Siltstone, limestone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	36°09′45″N 105°34′43″W / 36.1623943°N 105.5786314°W / 36.1623943; -105.5786314
Region	New Mexico
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Flechado Creek
Named by	P.K. Sutherland
Year defined	1963
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