Candeleros
61 occ.
31 taxa (3 genera)
1 countries
Description
The Candeleros Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in the Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza provinces of northern Patagonia, Argentina. It is the oldest formation in the Neuquén Group and belongs to the Rio Limay Subgroup. Formerly that subgroup was treated as a formation, and the Candeleros Formation was known as the Candeleros Member.
Genera
3 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Neuquén
55
Neuquén / Upper
4
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
61
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet.
23
Delta plain
11
Fluvial indet.
6
Lacustrine indet.
6
interdune
6
Fluvial-lacustrine indet.
3
Crevasse splay
3
Eolian indet.
2
Floodplain
1
Top collectors
Calvo
13
S. Apesteguía
3
Carolini
2
Delgado
2
G. Turazzini
2
J. O. Calvo
2
R. Spedale
2
Puerta
1
González
1
Makovicky
1
H. Zapalowicz
1
J. Bonaparte
1
Collection activity by decade
1880s
1
1980s
6
1990s
8
2000s
2
2010s
3