Valle de Ángeles Group
Appearance
Valle de Ángeles Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Albian-Early Turonian | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Esquias Formation, Valle de Angeles Redbeds |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, claystone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 14°42′N 87°30′W / 14.7°N 87.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 14°42′N 69°18′W / 14.7°N 69.3°W |
Region | Ocotepeque & Comayagua Departments |
Country | Honduras |
Type section | |
Named for | Valle de Ángeles |
The Valle de Ángeles Group is a geologic group in Honduras. It preserves fossils such as ornithopod and iguanodontid dinosaurs dating back to the Late Albian to Early Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit]- CEAH (2007). "Sistema de monitoreo y alerta temprana (SAT) comunitaria a deslizamientos en los municipios de San Francisco del Valle, San Marcos de Ocotepeque y Mercedes, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Subcuenca del Río Higuito" (PDF). CEAH. pp. 1–65. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- G. S. Horne, M. G. Atwood, and A. P. King. 1974. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironment of Esquias Formation of Honduras. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 58(2):176-188
- Silva Romo, Gilberto (2008). Oirgen tectónico y evolución de la Cuenca Tehuitzingo-Tepexi, Estado de Puebla (PDF) (PhD thesis). UNAM. pp. 1–209. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.