Libertad Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Uruguay}}
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| type = Geological formation
| period = Lujanian
| age = Lujanian
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| namedfor = Libertad, Uruguay
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| country = Uruguay
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The Libertad Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Libertad&group_formation_member=Libertad Libertad Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
;Mammals
- Glyptodon
- Notiomastodon platensis{{Cite journal|last1=Perea|first1=D.|last2=Alberdi|first2=M. T.|date=2015-12-30|title=Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología|journal=Estudios Geológicos|volume=71|issue=2|pages=e036|doi=10.3989/egeol.41864.346|issn=1988-3250|doi-access=free|hdl=10261/127862|hdl-access=free}}
- Tapirus olivaresi[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=271970 Tapirus olivaresi] at Fossilworks.org
;Birds
- Giganhinga{{Cite journal|last1=Rinderknecht|first1=A.|last2=Noriega|first2=J.I.|year=2002|title=Un nuevo género de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) del Plioceno–Pleistoceno del Uruguay (Formación San José).|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287726682|journal=Ameghiniana|volume=39|issue=2|pages=183–191|access-date=2022-05-05|archive-date=2022-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509200926/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Noriega-5/publication/287726682_A_new_genus_of_Anhingidae_Aves_Pelecaniformes_from_the_Pliocene-Pleistocene_of_Uruguay_San_Jose_Formation/links/56bb439008ae2d6f2013a219/A-new-genus-of-Anhingidae-Aves-Pelecaniformes-from-the-Pliocene-Pleistocene-of-Uruguay-San-Jose-Formation.pdf|url-status=live}}
See also
References
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Category:Geologic formations of Uruguay
Category:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
Category:Paleontology in Uruguay
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