San Carlos Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
![]() Exposures of San Carlos Formation at Rancho Don Chuy, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Caracol Formation |
Overlies | Picacho Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Shale |
Location | |
Region | North America |
Country | Mexico, United States |
Type section | |
Named for | San Carlos Mine |
Named by | Vaughan, T.W.[1] |
The San Carlos Formation is a geological formation in west Texas and east Chihuahua whose strata date back to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[2] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]