List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Paraguay

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Paraguay
Yellow ffff80 pog.svg General Bruguer/Riacho Negro
Green pog.svg Misiones Formation
Red pog.svg San Miguel Formation
Cyan pog.svg Cariy Sandstone
Dark Green 004040 pog.svg Eusebio Ayala Formation
Gold pog.svg Tagatiya Guazu Formation

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Paraguay .

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
General Bruguer/Riacho Negro Pleistocene [1]
Misiones Formation Aptian [2]
Independencia San Miguel Formation Artinskian [3]
Cariy Sandstone Telychian [4]
Vargas Peña Shale Llandovery [5]
Itacurubi Eusebio Ayala Formation or
Ayala Sandstone
Hirnantian [6]
Itapucumi Tagatiya Guazu Formation Ediacaran [7]

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References

  1. General Bruguer/Riacho Negro at Fossilworks.org
  2. San Cristóbal quarry at Fossilworks.org
  3. Villa Rica at Fossilworks.org
  4. Cariy Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  5. Vargas Peña Shale at Fossilworks.org
  6. Eusebio Ayala Formation at Fossilworks.org
  7. Tagatiya Guazu Formation at Fossilworks.org

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