Camp Rice Formation

Camp Rice Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene–Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Santa Fe Group
Overlies	Fort Hancock Formation
Thickness	88.3 ft (26.9 m)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Caliche
Location
Coordinates	31°19′N 105°41′W / 31.32°N 105.69°W / 31.32; -105.69
Region	Texas, New Mexico
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Camp Rice Arroyo
Named by	W.S. Strain
Year defined	1966
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The Camp Rice Formation is a geologic formation in west Texas^[1] and southern New Mexico.^[2] It preserves fossils of the Pliocene-Pleistocene. These include the distinctive Tonuco Mountain Local Fauna.