Higuerueles Formation
Appearance
Higueruelas Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Villar del Arzobispo Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 40°42′N 0°54′W / 40.7°N 0.9°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°36′N 8°30′E / 31.6°N 8.5°E |
Region | Teruel, Valencia |
Country | Spain |
Extent | Maestrazgo Basin |
The Higueruelas (Spanish) or Higuerueles Formation (Catalan) is a Tithonian geologic formation in the Teruel and Valencia provinces of Spain.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
[edit]The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Ichnofossils
Correlation
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Higueruelas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
[edit]- Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Pereda Suberbiola, X.; Company, J.; Belinchón, M. (2010), "Dientes de arcosaurios (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Buñol (Valencia) - Archosaurian teeth (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Buñol (Valencia)", Geogaceta, 48: 79–82
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has generic name (help) - Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- Pérez Lorente, F.; Romero Molina, M. M. (2001), "Nuevas icnitas de dinosaurios terópodos y saurópodos en Galve y Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. España) - New theropod and sauropod dinosaur footprints in Galve and Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. Spain)", Geogaceta, 30: 115–118
- Bataller, J.B (1960), "Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español (The vertebrates from the Spanish Cretaceous)", Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, 60: 141–164