Earth:El Collado Formation

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El Collado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian
~125–120 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesLa Huérguina Formation
OverliesLos Villares Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, claystone, sandstone
OtherMudstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 40°36′N 2°06′W / 40.6°N 2.1°W / 40.6; -2.1
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 30°54′N 8°18′E / 30.9°N 8.3°E / 30.9; 8.3
RegionAragón, Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Valencia
Country Spain
ExtentSouth Iberian Basin
El Collado Formation is located in Spain
El Collado Formation
El Collado Formation (Spain)

The El Collado Formation is a geological formation in Cuenca, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Fossil content

Correlation

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weishampel, David B; Barrett, Paul M.; Coria, Rodolfo A.; le Loeuff, Jean; Xing, Xu; Xijin, Zhao; Sahni, Ashok; Gomani, Elizabeth M.P. et al. (2004). "24. Dinosaur Distribution". in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka. The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press. pp. 556–563. ISBN 978-0-520-25408-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=lbIwDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Dinosauria,+Second+Edition. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Berrocal-Casero, Mélani; Alcalde-Fuentes, María Rosario; Audije-Gil, Julia; Sevilla, Paloma (February 2023). "Theropod teeth from the upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Vadillos-1, Spain" (in en). Cretaceous Research 142: 105392. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105392. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667122002567.