The Asencio Formation is a geological formation in the Paraná Basin of southwestern Uruguay whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
Vertebrate paleofauna Neuquensaurus australisNeuquensaurus australis at Fossilworks.org Laplatasaurus araukanicusLaplatasaurus araukanicus at Fossilworks.org Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Fossil eggs Sphaerovum erbeniMones, A. (1980) "Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria)." Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires 1:265-277 (in Spanish) Tacuarembovum oblongum
Trace fossils Teisseirei Elipsoideichnus meyeri Corimbatichnus
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay Adamantina Formation Allen Formation Marília Formation
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Further reading F. v. Huene. 1929. Terrestrische Oberkreide in Uruguay [The terrestrial Upper Cretaceous in Uruguay]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie Abteilung B 1929:107-112