Stratigraphic range: late Coniacian-early Santonian ~86–85 Ma
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Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Neuquén Group Río Neuquén Subgroup
Underlies
Río Colorado Subgroup Bajo de la Carpa Formation
Overlies
Sierra Barrosa Formation
Thickness
Up to 25 m (82 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Claystone
Other
Sandstone
Location
Coordinates
37°24′S69°06′W / 37.4°S 69.1°W / -37.4; -69.1
Approximate paleocoordinates
42°12′S49°24′W / 42.2°S 49.4°W / -42.2; -49.4
Region
Mendoza, Neuquén & Río Negro Provinces
Country
Argentina
Extent
Neuquén Basin
Type section
Named for
Plottier
Named by
Fossa Mancini et al.
Year defined
1938
Plottier Formation (Argentina)
The Plottier Formation is a geologic formation that outcrops in the Argentine Patagonian provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén. It is the younger of two formations belonging to the Río Neuquén Subgroup within the Neuquén Group of the Neuquén Basin, with the oldest rocks dating from the late Coniacian and its youngest maybe from the very start of the Santonian. Formerly, that subgroup was treated as a formation, and the Plottier Formation was known as the Plottier Member.[1]
^Sánchez et al., 2006
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Cerda; Alejandro Otero (2011). "A new sauropod titanosaur from the PlottierFormation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina)". Geologica Acta. 9 (1):...
Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research. 12 (4): 533–546...
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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...
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