Mercedes Formation, Uruguay

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| name = Mercedes Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| period = Maastrichtian

| age = Campanian-Maastrichtian
~{{fossil range|84|66}}

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| namedfor = Mercedes, Uruguay

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| region = Río Negro & Soriano Departments

| country = {{URU}}

| coordinates = {{coord|33.4|S|58.3|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|37.3|S|41.4|W|display=inline}}

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| underlies = Asencio Formation

| overlies = Guichón Formation

| thickness =

| extent = Norte Basin

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| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Uruguay

| lat_deg = -33.4

| lon_deg = -58.3

| mark = Lightgreen pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Mercedes Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) geologic formation of the Norte Basin in Uruguay. Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607 The formation that reaches a thickness of about {{convert|100|m|ft}},Tofalo et al., 2011, p.616 overlies the Guichón Formation and is overlain by the Asencio Formation.Tofalo et al., 2011, p.617