Conejo Formation

Conejo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Turonian-Santonian ~
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Villeta Group
Underlies	Guadalupe Group
Overlies	La Frontera Formation
Thickness	up to 1,022 m (3,353 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Other	Limestone
Location
Coordinates
Region	Altiplano Cundiboyacense Eastern Ranges, Andes
Country	Colombia
Type section
Named for	El Conejo Hill
Named by	Renzoni
Location	Toca, Boyacá
Year defined	1981
Coordinates
Region	Cundinamarca, Boyacá
Country	Colombia
File:Blakey 090Ma - COL.jpg Paleogeography of Northern South America 90 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Conejo Formation (Spanish: Formación Conejo, K₂C, Kscn) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The uppermost unit of the Villeta Group, a sequence of shales and sandstones dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Turonian, Coniacian and Santonian epochs, and has a maximum thickness of 1,022 metres (3,353 ft).

Etymology

The formation was named in 1967 and published in 1981 by Renzoni, named after El Conejo Hill in Pontezuela, Toca, Boyacá, west of the Copa Reservoir.

Description

Lithologies

The Conejo Formation is characterised by a sequence of calcareous sandstones, containing ammonites, shales and the uppermost part sandstone and limestone banks. In the Conejo Formation, fossils of Protopholoe colombiana, Archaeglobigerina blowi, Dicarinella concavata, Dicarinella primitiva, Sigalitruncana sigali, Marginotruncana sp. ct. M. renzi, Marginotruncana angusticarenata, Marginotruncana sp. cf. M.sinuosa, Rosita tornicata, Heterohelix globulosa, Heterohelix reussi, Whiteinella inornata, Hedbergella sp., and the ammonites Gloriaceras correai, Protexamites cucaitaense and Codazziceras scheibei have been found.

Stratigraphy and depositional environment

The Conejo Formation is the uppermost unit of the Villeta Group. It overlies the La Frontera Formation and is overlain by the Guadalupe Group. The age has been estimated on the basis of ammonites to be ranging from Turonian to Santonian. Stratigraphically, the lower part of the formation is time equivalent with the upper part of the Chipaque, and Loma Gorda Formations.

Outcrops

Conejo Formation is located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense

Conejo Formation

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Type locality of the Conejo Formation on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense

The type locality of the Conejo Formation is located close to El Conejo Hill in Pontezuela, Toca, Boyacá. Other outcrops of the Conejo Formation have been noted in Cucaita, the urban areas of Boyacá and Ventaquemada, around the Puente de Boyacá, south of Pesca, west of Siachoque, surrounding Chiquinquirá and Ubaté, between Chivatá and Oicatá, east of Paipa, west of Tibacuy, north and south of Albán, southeast of Cachipay, east of Anolaima, and San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca.

See also

File:Cscr-candidate.svg Geology of the Eastern Hills

File:Symbol b class.svg Geology of the Ocetá Páramo

File:Symbol c class.svg Geology of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense

References

Bibliography

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