Stratigraphic range: Middle-Late Turonian ~93.4–90.5 Ma
PreꞒ
Ꞓ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
↓
Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Neuquén Group Río Limay Subgroup
Underlies
Río Neuquén Subgroup Portezuelo Formation
Overlies
Huincul Formation
Thickness
35–75 m (115–246 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Siltstone, claystone
Other
Mudstone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates
34°06′S68°54′W / 34.1°S 68.9°W / -34.1; -68.9
Approximate paleocoordinates
40°06′S64°48′W / 40.1°S 64.8°W / -40.1; -64.8
Region
Mendoza, Río Negro & Neuquén Provinces
Country
Argentina
Extent
Neuquén Basin
Type section
Named for
Cerro Lisandro
Named by
Herrero Ducloux
Year defined
1938
Lisandro Formation (Argentina)
The Lisandro Formation, alternatively known as the Cerro Lisandro Formation, is a Late Cretaceous (Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian) geologic formation with outcrops in the Neuquén, Río Negro and Mendoza Provinces of Argentina. It is the youngest formation within the Río Limay Subgroup, the lowest section of the Neuquén Group. Formerly that subgroup was treated as a formation, and the Lisandro Formation was known as the (Cerro) Lisandro Member.[1]
The type locality of the Lisandro Formation is the hill known as Cerro Lisandro in Neuquén Province.[2] This formation conformably overlies the Huincul Formation, and it is in turn overlain by the Portezuelo Formation, which is a part of the Río Neuquén Subgroup.
The Lisandro Formation varies between 35 and 75 metres (115 and 246 ft) thick, the thinnest of the three formations in its subgroup. It is composed of siltstones and claystones, red in color, which have been interpreted as a swampy to fluvial environment. Usually, the red Lisando Formation rocks are easy to distinguish from the greenish or yellowish deposits of the Huincul Formation.[1][3]
^ abSánchez et al., 2006
^Fossa Mancini et al., 1938
^Leanza et al., 2004, p. 69
and 27 Related for: Lisandro Formation information
LisandroFormation, alternatively known as the Cerro LisandroFormation, is a Late Cretaceous (Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian) geologic formation with...
player LisandroFormation, Cretaceous rocks of the Neuquén Group in Argentina This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lisandro. If...
the formation was named by Wichmann in 1929. This formation conformably overlies the Candeleros Formation, and it is in turn overlain by the Lisandro Formation...
This formation conformably overlies the LisandroFormation of the Río Limay Subgroup. In the top layers it grades into the Plottier Formation, the younger...
ulna. The holotype was collected from red mudstones of the Cerro LisandroFormation, Neuquén Basin, dating to the middle or late Turonian stage of the...
Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research. 12 (4): 533–546...
dinosaur-bearing rock formations Mata Amarilla Formation, contemporaneous formation of the Austral Basin LisandroFormation, contemporaneous formation of the Neuquén...
which the same formation is exposed. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In...
Formation, fossiliferous formation of the São Luís-Grajaú Basin, Brazil Candeleros and LisandroFormation, fossiliferous formations of the Neuquén Basin,...
in 2006. It apparently was an abelisauroid from the Turonian Cerro LisandroFormation of Neuquén, Argentina, around 4 m (13 ft) long. The specimen is MCF-PVPH-237...
few non-avian dinosaur genera includes Mesozoic stratigraphic units of formation rank or higher that have produced dinosaur body fossils which have been...
yellowish to greenish grey sandstones. The formation has similar lithological characteristics as the LisandroFormation and was deposited in a fluvial environment...
peirosaurid mesoeucrocodylian known from the early Late Cretaceous Cerro LisandroFormation of Neuquén Province, western central Argentina. It contains a single...
the Cerro LisandroFormation, which is a geologic formation within the Rio Limay subgroup of the Neuquén Group. The sediments in this formation preserve...
crocodylomorph Hyposaurus are described from the Late Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan by Salih et al. (2016). A description of the endocranial anatomy...
northern part of Patagonia. It overlies the LisandroFormation and is in turn overlain by the Plottier Formation. During the Cretaceous period, this region...
easily be differentiated from the overlying LisandroFormation, which is red in color. The Candeleros Formation, underlying the Huincul, is composed of darker...
that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation. Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past:...
The Vaca Muerta Formation, commonly known as Vaca Muerta (Spanish for Dead Cow), is a geologic formation of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous age, located...
Retrieved 24 November 2017. Piazza, David Sebastián; Agnolin, Fedrico Lisandro; Lucero, Segrio (2018). "First record of a macroraptorial sperm whale (Cetacea...
Anacleto Formations, and the more recently named Bayomesasuchus hernandezi from the underlying late Cenomanian to early Turonian Cerro LisandroFormation representing...
Global Information
