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The Buena Vista Formation is a Late Permian-Early Triassic geologic formation of the Cerro Largo Department in northeastern Uruguay. The fluvial sandstones and mudstones preserve temnospondyl and archosaur fossils.
Buena Vista Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Permian-Early Triassic ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Tacuarembó Formation |
Overlies | Yaguarí Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, mudstone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 32.3°S 54.1°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 40.2°S 15.7°W |
Region | Cerro Largo Department |
Country | Uruguay |
Extent | Norte Basin |
The Buena Vista Formation is characterized by reddish fine sandstone interbedded with lenticular clay layers and intraformational conglomerates deposited in a fluvial environment.[1]
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2][1]
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