Sarmiento Formation
name: Sarmiento Formation
description: Geological formation
description: formació geològica @ca
subject: Category:Eocene Series of South America
subject: Category:Neogene Argentina
subject: Category:Miocene Series of South America
subject: Category:Lacustrine deposits
subject: Category:Mudstone formations of Argentina
subject: Category:Tuff formations of Argentina
subject: Category:Divisaderan
subject: Category:Casamayoran
subject: Category:Mustersan
subject: Category:Sandstone formations
subject: Category:Colhuehuapian
subject: Category:Paleogene Argentina
subject: Category:Sarmiento Formation
subject: Category:Golfo San Jorge Basin
subject: Category:Geology of Chubut Province
subject: Category:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
subject: Category:Oligocene Series of South America
subject: Category:Deseadan
subject: Category:Paleontology in Argentina
subject: Category:Geologic formations of Argentina
subject: Category:Tinguirirican
region ts: Chubut Province
country ts: Argentina
namedfor: Sarmiento, Chubut
otherlithology: Limestone
overlies: Koluel Kaike Formation
prilithology: Sandstone
prilithology: Mudstone
thickness: 319.0
underlies: Chenque Formation
underlies: Gaiman Formation
extent: Golfo San Jorge Basin
subunits: Colhué Huapí Member, Gran Barranca Member, Puesto Almendra Member, Rosado Member, Trelew Member, and Vera Member
age: Burdigalian
age: ~
age: Bartonian
country: Argentina
map caption: Location of the Sarmiento Formation within Argentina
period: Cenozoic