Candeleros Formation

Geology

Group: Neuquén

Members: unnamed (46), Upper (5)

Lithologies: not reported (14), claystone (1), mudstone (2), siltstone (1), sandstone (35), conglomerate (1)

Paleoenvironments: terrestrial indet. (20), delta plain (5), fluvial indet. (8), "floodplain" (2), crevasse splay (2), fluvial-lacustrine indet. (2), lacustrine indet. (4), dune (2), interdune (5), eolian indet. (1)

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Neuquèn) (232465)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Neuquén) (51947 179480 196705 197261 203268 219571 219572 219573 219574 219575 219576)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Neuquén) (28004 28460 45409 49409 49411 49412 51943 51944 51945 51948 51949 51950 58572 80179 114528 118103 123756 182581 182582 182583 217008 235616)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Rio Negro) (230159)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Río Negro) (55364 116638 132347 206599 206600 219994 225913 225914 225915 235806)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Mendoza) (75276 98021 98022 98023 98024)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Nequén) (224428)