El Jume Formation Explained

El Jume Formation
Type:Geological formation
Period:Early Cretaceous
Age:Early Cretaceous
Prilithology:Sandstone, claystone
Region:San Luis Province
Country:Argentina
Coordinates:-31.7167°N -83°W
Unitof:El Gigante Group
Underlies:El Toscal Formation
Overlies:Los Riscos Formation
Extent:Marayes-El Carrizal Basin

The El Jume Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Argentina. Indeterminate fossil dinosaur tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] The formation, belonging to the El Gigante Group, overlies the Los Riscos Formation and is overlain by the El Toscal Formation. The sandstones and claystones of the formation were deposited in a fluvial environment.[2] Part of the formation was assigned to a new formation, Balde de Leyes Formation in 2015.[3]

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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Gardini et al., 2009, p.554
  3. Colombi et al., 2015, p.447