Guadalupe Group

Guadalupe Group
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
~80–70 Ma
Guadalupe Hill
Type locality of the Guadalupe Group
TypeGeological group
Sub-unitsArenisca Labor-Tierna
Plaeners
Arenisca Dura
UnderliesGuaduas Formation
OverliesVilleta Group
 Conejo Fm. & Chipaque Fm.
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, shale
OtherSalt (allochthonous)
Location
Coordinates4°35′31″N 74°03′15″W / 4.59194°N 74.05417°W / 4.59194; -74.05417
RegionAltiplano Cundiboyacense
Eastern Ranges, Andes
Country Colombia
Type section
Named forGuadalupe Hill
Named byPérez & Salazar
Year defined1978
Coordinates4°35′31″N 74°03′15″W / 4.59194°N 74.05417°W / 4.59194; -74.05417
RegionCundinamarca, Boyacá
Country Colombia
Thickness at type section750 metres (2,460 ft)

Paleogeography of Northern South America
65 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Guadalupe Group (Spanish: Grupo Guadalupe, K2G, Ksg) is a geological group of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The group, a sequence of shales and sandstones, is subdivided into three formations; Arenisca Dura, Plaeners and Arenisca Labor-Tierna, and dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Campanian-Maastrichtian epochs and at its type section has a thickness of 750 metres (2,460 ft).