Yecua Formation

Yecua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Langhian-Early Messinian
(Colloncuran-Huayquerian)
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UnderliesTariquia Formation
OverliesPetaca Formation
Thickness~50–300 m (160–980 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, Sandstone
OtherGypsum
Location
RegionChaco Basin
CountryBolivia

The Yecua Formation is a geological Formation in what is now Bolivia. Studies suggest that the Yecua Formation preserves a coastal setting with humid to semiarid floodplains, shorelines and tidal as well as shallow marine environments including marshes, streams, lakes and brackish bodies of water. There may have been a connection to the Amazon Basin or the Paranaense Sea.