Cañón del Colorado Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | Early Jurassic, |
Period: | Early Jurassic |
Prilithology: | Conglomerate |
Otherlithology: | Claystone |
Namedfor: | Colorado River |
Country: | Argentina |
Coordinates: | -30.5°N -68.5°W |
Paleocoordinates: | -31°N -30°W |
Subunits: | Upper Pelitic Member |
Thickness: | >148m (486feet) |
Extent: | Sierra de Mogna |
The Canon del Colorado Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the San Juan Province of Argentina. The formation comprises conglomerates and claystones and is exposed in the Sierra de Mogna. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Adeopapposaurus.[1]