Earth:Higuerueles Formation
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| Higueruelas Formation Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~150–146 Ma | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 31°36′N 8°30′E / 31.6°N 8.5°E |
| Region | Teruel, Valencia |
| Country |  Spain |
| Extent | Maestrazgo Basin |
  Higuerueles Formation (Spain) | |
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
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Ichnofossils
Correlation
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Higueruelas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
- Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; X. Pereda Suberbiola; J. Company, and M. Belinchón. 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.
- 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
- Pérez Lorente, F., and M. M. Romero Molina. 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.
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