Earth:Salero Formation

Salero Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian ~74–70 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Fort Crittenden Formation
Location
Region	Arizona
Country	United States

The Salero Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in the United States . The formation is 70-74 million years old.

See also

• Stratigraphy
• Volcanism

Further reading

• Sullivan, R.M., and Lucas, S.G. 2006. "The Kirtlandian land-vertebrate "age" – faunal composition, temporal position and biostratigraphic correlation in the nonmarine Upper Cretaceous of western North America." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 35:7-29.