| Colorado Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Period: | Maastrichtian |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
| Namedfor: | Colorado River |
| Region: | La Pampa Province |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Coordinates: | -38.2°N -64.5°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | -41.3°N -49.8°W |
| Overlies: | Paleozoic basement |
| Thickness: | 30m (100feet) |
| Extent: | Colorado Basin |
The Colorado Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian geologic formation that is exposed within the Colorado Basin in the southeastern part of La Pampa Province, Argentina. Fossil dinosaur eggs of Sphaerovum erbeni have been reported from the nonmarine, fluvial strata of this formation.[1] [2]
The formation overlies the Paleozoic basement and has an estimated thickness of 30m (100feet).[3] The Colorado Formation comprises medium-grained sandstones with intercalated conglomerates with pebbly beds that can be interpreted as fluvial to alluvial deposits.[3] [4]