| Artoles Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Aptian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Alacón & Xert Formations, Arcillas de Morella Formation |
| Overlies | Blesa & Camarillas Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°48′N 0°18′W / 40.8°N 0.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30°30′N 9°54′E / 30.5°N 9.9°E |
| Region | Aragón, Teruel, La Rioja |
| Country |  Spain |
| Extent | Galve Basin |
  Artoles Formation (Spain) | |
The Artoles Formation is a geological formation in Teruel and La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
The indeterminate remains of Coelurosauria, Dromaeosauridae, Euornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Sauropoda, Spinosauridae (previously labeled Baryonichidae indet.), Theropoda, Titanosauriformes have been found in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.
| Dinosaurs of the Artoles Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
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Genus:
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La Rioja[1] | |||
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 | |||||||||||||
| Sources | ||||||||||||||
See also
References
Bibliography
- 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
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