Cerro Fortaleza Formation

Cerro Fortaleza Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian to Maastrichtian
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesLa Irene Formation
OverliesAnita Formation
Thickness460 m (1,510 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates49°54′S 72°06′W / 49.9°S 72.1°W / -49.9; -72.1
Approximate paleocoordinates51°54′S 61°48′W / 51.9°S 61.8°W / -51.9; -61.8
RegionSanta Cruz Province, southern Patagonia
CountryArgentina
ExtentAustral Basin
Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Argentina)

The Cerro Fortaleza Formation, in older literature described as Pari Aike Formation, is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of Campanian to Maastrichtian age (although it has formerly been reported to be Cenomanian to Santonian) of the Austral Basin in southern Patagonia, Argentina.