| Caballero Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Lake Valley Limestone |
| Overlies | Percha Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32°51′16″N 105°54′15″W / 32.8545°N 105.9043°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named by | L.R. Laudon and A.L. Bowsher |
| Year defined | 1941 |
  Caballero Formation (New Mexico) | |
The Caballero Formation is a geologic formation found in the highlands flanking the southern Rio Grande River valley in New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tournasian Age of the Carboniferous period.[1]
- ^ Laudon, L.R.; Bowsher, A.L. (1941). "Stratigraphy of the Mississippian formations of the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico". Tulsa Geological Society Digest. 9: 73–75. Retrieved 29 July 2020.