Zapata Formation

Zapata Formation Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Punta Barrosa Formation
Overlies	Tobífera Formation
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Location
Region	Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region
Country	Chile

Zapata Formation (Spanish: Formación Zapata) is a sedimentary formation of Lower Cretaceous age. Much of the formation is folded and faulted as consequence of the Andean orogeny. In the outcrops of Zapata Formation near Torres del Paine the southernmost fossil of the ichthyosaur species Platypterygius has been found.