Artoles Formation
The Artoles Formation is a geological formation in Teruel and La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Artoles Formation Stratigraphic range: Barremian–Aptian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Galve Basin |
Underlies | Xert Formation |
Overlies | Camarillas Formation |
Location | |
Region | Europe |
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Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
The indeterminate remains of Coelurosauria, Dromaeosauridae, Euornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Sauropoda, Spinosauridae (previously labeled Baryonichidae indet.), Theropoda, Titanosauriformes have been found in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.
Dinosaurs of the Artoles Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Genus:
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Correlation
Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Cantabrian | Olanyà | Cameros | Maestrazgo | Oliete | Galve | Morella | South Iberian | Pre-betic | Lusitanian | ||
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100 | Cenomanian | La Cabana | Sopeira | Utrillas | Mosquerela | Caranguejeira | ||||||||
Altamira | Utrillas | |||||||||||||
Eguino | ||||||||||||||
125 | Albian | Ullaga - Balmaseda | Lluçà | Traiguera | ||||||||||
Monte Grande | Escucha | Escucha | Jijona | |||||||||||
Itxina - Miono | ||||||||||||||
Aptian | Valmaseda - Tellamendi | Ol Gp. - Castrillo | Benassal | Benassal | Olhos | |||||||||
Font | En Gp. - Leza | Morella/Oliete | Oliete | Villaroya | Morella | Capas Rojas | Almargem | |||||||
Patrocinio - Ernaga | Senyús | En Gp. - Jubela | Forcall | Villaroya | Upper Bedoulian | Figueira | ||||||||
Barremian | Vega de Pas | Cabó | Abejar | Xert | Alacón | Xert | Huérguina | Assises | ||||||
Prada | Artoles | Collado | Moutonianum | Papo Seco | ||||||||||
Rúbies | Tera Gp. - Golmayo | Alacón/Blesa | Blesa | Camarillas | Mirambel | |||||||||
150 | Hauterivian | Ur Gp. - Pinilla | Llacova | Castellar | Tera Gp. - Pinilla | Villares | Porto da Calada | |||||||
hiatus | ||||||||||||||
Huerva | Gaita | |||||||||||||
Valanginian | Villaro | Ur Gp. - Larriba | Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | |||||||||||
Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | Ped Gp. - Piedrahita | |||||||||||||
Peñacoba | Galve | Miravetes | ||||||||||||
Berriasian | Cab Gp. - Arcera | Valdeprado | hiatus | Alfambra | ||||||||||
TdL Gp. - Rupelo | Arzobispo | hiatus | Tollo | |||||||||||
On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute | ||||||||||||||
Tithonian | Lastres | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Higuereles | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Lourinhã | |||||||||
Arzobispo | ||||||||||||||
Ágreda | ||||||||||||||
Legend | Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation | |||||||||||||
Sources |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 561. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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