Earth:Alacón Formation

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Short description: Spanish geologic feature
Alacón Formation
Stratigraphic range: Latest Barremian
~121–120 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesForcall Formation
OverliesBlesa Formation
AreaAriño
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 41°06′N 0°36′W / 41.1°N 0.6°W / 41.1; -0.6
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 30°54′N 9°36′E / 30.9°N 9.6°E / 30.9; 9.6
RegionOliete, Aragón
Country Spain
ExtentMaestrazgo Basin
 Oliete Basin
Alacón Formation is located in Spain
Alacón Formation
Alacón Formation (Spain)
Alacón Formation is located in Aragon
Alacón Formation
Alacón Formation (Aragon)

The Alacón Formation is a geologic formation in Spain in which dinosaur tracks attributed to sauropods and Iguanodontidae have been found.[1]

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Further reading

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
  • J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz Omeñaca and R. Royo Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (eds.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Albarracin, Spain. Universidad de Zaragoza 22-23