El Castellar Formation
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| El Castellar Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Lower and Upper Members |
| Underlies | Camarillas Formation |
| Overlies | Galve Formation |
| Thickness | 85–140 m (279–459 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, sandstone |
| Other | Marl, conglomerate |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Aragón, Teruel |
| Country | Spain |
  El Castellar Formation (Spain) | |
The El Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the possibly the Valanginian to the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit | edit source]Ornithopod tracks and dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.[2]
Amphibians
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Eodiscoglossus | E. santonjae | Frog | ||||
| Galverpeton[3] | G. ibericum | A member of Caudata. | ||||
Dinosaurs
[edit | edit source]| Dinosaurs | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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A. ischiaticus[2] |
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Indeterminate |
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cf. Paronychodon[5] |
Indeterminate[5] |
Possible indeterminate troodont remains.[2] | ||||
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Styracosterna[6] |
Indeterminate |
Previously assigned to Mantellisaurus.[2] | ||||
Turtles
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Dortokidae[7] | Indeterminate | |||||
Mammals
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Crusafontia | C. cuencana | Dryolestid | ||||
| Iberica | I. hahni | Multituberculate | ||||
| Spalacotherium | S. henkeli | Spalacotheriidae | ||||
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Correlation
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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. 556-563. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ a b c d e "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
- ^ R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)
- ^ Galton, P. M., 2012, Hypsilophodon foxii and other smaller bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous of southern England: In: Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, edited by Godefroit, P., Indiana University Press, Part 1, New investigations into the Iguanodon sinkhole at Bernissart and other Early Cretaceous localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium), p. 225-281.
- ^ a b Listed as "?Paronychodon sp." in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
- ^ Listed as "Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Bibliography
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