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The Cerro Azul Formation (Spanish: Formación Cerro Azul), in the Buenos Aires Province also described as Epecuén Formation, is a geological formation of Late Miocene (Tortonian, or Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) age in the Colorado Basin of the Buenos Aires and La Pampa Provinces in northeastern Argentina. The fluvial and aeolian siltstones, sandstones and tuffs of the formation contain many mammals, such as Thylacosmilus and Macrauchenia, reptiles, amphibians and fossils of terror birds as well as Argentavis, the largest flying bird ever discovered.

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  • The Cerro Azul Formation (Spanish: Formación Cerro Azul), in the Buenos Aires Province also described as Epecuén Formation, is a geological formation of Late Miocene (Tortonian, or Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) age in the Colorado Basin of the Buenos Aires and La Pampa Provinces in northeastern Argentina. The fluvial and aeolian siltstones, sandstones and tuffs of the formation contain many mammals, such as Thylacosmilus and Macrauchenia, reptiles, amphibians and fossils of terror birds as well as Argentavis, the largest flying bird ever discovered. (en)
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  • Fossil burrow fills in the Cerro Azul Formation (en)
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  • Argentina (en)
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  • Outcrop map of the Cerro Azul Formation (en)
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  • Cerro Azul Formation (en)
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  • Linares et al. (en)
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  • Cerro Azul, Epecuén Lake (en)
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  • Arroyo Chasicó Formation or (en)
  • Crystalline basement (en)
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  • Tortonian (en)
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  • Buenos Aires & La Pampa Provinces (en)
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  • alluvium (en)
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  • The Cerro Azul Formation (Spanish: Formación Cerro Azul), in the Buenos Aires Province also described as Epecuén Formation, is a geological formation of Late Miocene (Tortonian, or Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) age in the Colorado Basin of the Buenos Aires and La Pampa Provinces in northeastern Argentina. The fluvial and aeolian siltstones, sandstones and tuffs of the formation contain many mammals, such as Thylacosmilus and Macrauchenia, reptiles, amphibians and fossils of terror birds as well as Argentavis, the largest flying bird ever discovered. (en)
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  • Cerro Azul Formation (en)
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