Mulichinco Formation Explained

Mulichinco Formation
Period:	Valanginian
Age:	Valanginian ~
Type:	Geological formation
Prilithology:	Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone
Otherlithology:	Limestone
Unitof:	Mendoza Group
Underlies:	Agrio Formation
Overlies:	Vaca Muerta
Thickness:	200-
Coordinates:	-38.5°N -70.2°W
Paleocoordinates:	-37.8°N -33.5°W
Region:	Neuquén Province
Country:	Argentina
Extent:	Neuquén Basin

The Mulichinco Formation is a geological formation in Argentina. It is Valanginian in age and is predominantly terrestrial, being deposited at a time of marine regression in the Neuquén Basin, and predominantly consists of siliciclastic rocks.^[1]

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Theropods

Plants

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Notes and References

1. Schwarz et al., 2005
2. Coria . R. A. . Cerda . A. A. . Escaso . F. . Baiano . M. A. . Bellardini . F. . Braun . A. . Coria . L. M. . Gutierrez . J. M. . Pino . D. . Windholz . G. J. . Currie . P. J. . Ortega . F. . 2024 . First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia . Cretaceous Research . 106027 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106027.
3. Rodolfo A. Coria . Guillermo J. Windholz . Francisco Ortega . Philip J. Currie . 2019 . A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian, Neuquén Basin) of Argentina . Cretaceous Research . 93 . 33–48 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.019 . 2019CrRes..93...33C . 135017018 .
4. Coria. Rodolfo A.. Currie. Philip J.. Ortega. Francisco. Baiano. Mattia A.. 2020-07-01. An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research. en. 111. 104319. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104319. 0195-6671. 11336/122794. free.
5. Martínez. Leandro C.A.. Olivo. Mariana S.. August 2015. Tempskya in the Valanginian of South America (Mulichinco Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina) — Systematics, palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. en. 219. 116–131. 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.002. 2015RPaPa.219..116M . 11336/49538. free.