| Tererro Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Tererro Formation near its type section | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Arroyo Penasco Group |
| Sub-units | Macho Member, Manuelitas Member, Cowles Member |
| Underlies | Sandia Formation |
| Overlies | Espiritu Santo Formation |
| Thickness | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 35°44′31″N 105°40′44″W / 35.742°N 105.679°W |
| Region | New Mexico |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tererro, New Mexico |
| Named by | Baltz and Read |
| Year defined | 1960 |
  Tererro Formation (the United States)  Tererro Formation (New Mexico) | |
The Tererro Formation is a geologic formation in Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the early Mississippian.[2]
- ^ Baltz, Elmer H.; Read, Charles B. (1960). "Rocks of Mississippian and Probable Devonian Age in Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico". AAPG Bulletin. 44. doi:10.1306/0BDA623C-16BD-11D7-8645000102C1865D.
- ^ Sutherland, P.K. (1963). "Paleozoic rocks" (PDF). In Miller, J.P.; Montgomery, Arthur; Sutherland, P.K. (eds.). Geology of part of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 11. pp. 22–44. Retrieved 29 July 2020.