El Castellar Formation
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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.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Ornithopod tracks and dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.
Amphibians
| Amphibians | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Eodiscoglossus | E. santonjae | Frog | ||||
| Galverpeton | G. ibericum | A member of Caudata. |
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Aragosaurus | A. ischiaticus | |||||
| cf. Owenodon | Indeterminate | |||||
| cf. Paronychodon | Indeterminate | Possible indeterminate troodont remains. | ||||
| Styracosterna | Indeterminate | Previously assigned to Mantellisaurus. |
Turtles
| Turtles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Dortokidae | Indeterminate |
Mammals
| Mammals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Crusafontia | C. cuencana | Dryolestid | ||||
| Iberica | I. hahni | Multituberculate | ||||
| Spalacotherium | S. henkeli | Spalacotheriidae |
| Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon | Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. | |||||
| Taxon | Reclassified taxon | Taxon falsely reported as present | Dubious taxon or junior synonym | Ichnotaxon | Ootaxon | Morphotaxon |
Correlation
| Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Cantabrian | Olanyà | Cameros | Maestrazgo | Oliete | Galve | Morella | South Iberian | Pre-betic | Lusitanian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||
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See also
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), , Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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