Arcillas de Morella Formation

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Arcillas de Morella Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesXert Formation
OverliesArtoles Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, clay
OtherMarl, limestone, siltstone, conglomerate
Location
RegionEurope
Country Spain
Type section
Named forMorella, Castellón
Named byCanérot et al.
Year defined1982

The Arcillas de Morella Formation is a geological formation in Spain whose strata date back to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Geology[]

The formation was formally named and defined by Canérot and colleagues in 1982.[3] The formation predomiantly consists of red clays and continental sandstones, with some marine intercalations[4]

Vertebrate paleofauna[]

Dinosaurs of the Arcillas de Morella Formation
Taxa Notes Images
Hypsilophodon[2]
Hypsilophodon.
Iguanodon.
Mantellisaurus.
Vallibonavenatrix.
Iguanodon bernissartensis[5] An iguanodonian dinosaur
cf. Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis[5] An iguanodontian dinosaur
Morelladon beltrani[6] Iguanodontian dinosaur
Vallibonavenatrix cani[4] A spinosaurid theropod
Baryonychinae[2]

Indeterminate remains.[2]

Titanosauriformes 3 distinct taxa, two of which are Somphospondylans[7]

Turtles[]

Turtles of the Arcillas de Morella Formation
Taxa Notes Images
Brodiechelys royoi[8] A xinjiangchelyid turtle
[9] A dortokid turtle

Plesiosaurs[]

Plesiosaurs of the Arcillas de Morella Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images
Leptocleididae[10]

Correlation[]

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia
Ma Age Paleomap \ Basins Olanyà Lusitanian
100 Cenomanian
Cenomanian-Coniacian Iberia.jpg
 Caranguejeira
125 Albian -
Monte Grande Escucha Escucha
-
Aptian - - Castrillo
En Gp. - Morella/ Morella
- En Gp. - Forcall Upper
Bedoulian
Barremian Xert Alacón Xert Huérguina
Artoles Collado Papo Seco
Rúbies Tera Gp. - Alacón/Blesa Blesa Camarillas
150 Hauterivian Iberia 120Ma Barremian zoom.tif Ur Gp. - Castellar Tera Gp. -
hiatus
Valanginian Ur Gp. - -
- - Piedrahita
Berriasian Iberia 150Ma Tithonian.jpg - hiatus
- Rupelo Arzobispo hiatus
On Gp. -
Tithonian Lastres Tera Gp. - Higuereles Tera Gp. - Lourinhã
Arzobispo
Legend Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
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See also[]

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References[]

  1. ^ Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue; Santisteban, Carlos; Santos-Cubedo, Andrés (2015-04-03). "Age determination of the Arcillas de Morella Formation (Maestrazgo Basin, Spain)". Historical Biology. 27 (3–4): 389–397. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.874422. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 128775513.
  2. ^ a b c d Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 562. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. ^ Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue; Santisteban, Carlos; Santos-Cubedo, Andrés (2015-04-03). "Age determination of the Arcillas de Morella Formation (Maestrazgo Basin, Spain)". Historical Biology. 27 (3–4): 389–397. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.874422. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 128775513.
  4. ^ a b Elisabete Malafaia; José Miguel Gasulla; Fernando Escaso; Iván Narváez; José Luis Sanz; Francisco Ortega (2019). "A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the late Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula". Cretaceous Research. in press: 104221. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104221.
  5. ^ a b Gasulla, José M.; Escaso, Fernando; Ortega, Francisco; Sanz, José L. (January 2014). "New hadrosauriform cranial remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (lower Aptian) of Morella, Spain". Cretaceous Research. 47: 19–24. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.10.004.
  6. ^ Gasulla, José Miguel; Escaso, Fernando; Narváez, Iván; Ortega, Francisco; Sanz, José Luis (2015). "A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0144167. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044167G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144167. PMC 4691198. PMID 26673161.
  7. ^ Mocho, P.; Pérez-García, A.; Gasulla, J. M.; Ortega, F. (2017-06-01). "High sauropod diversity in the upper Barremian Arcillas de Morella Formation (Maestrat Basin, Spain) revealed by a systematic review of historical material". Journal of Iberian Geology. 43 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0012-8. ISSN 1886-7995. S2CID 134844724.
  8. ^ Pérez-García, A., Gasulla, J.M. & Ortega, F. (2014). "A new turtle species of Brodiechelys from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (2): 333–342.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  9. ^ Pérez-García, A.; Gasulla, J.M.; Ortega, F. (2014-03-01). "Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe". Cretaceous Research. 48: 130–138. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004. ISSN 0195-6671.
  10. ^ Quesada, Juan M.; Pérez-García, Adán; Gasulla, José Miguel; Ortega, Francisco (2019-02-01). "Plesiosauria remains from the Barremian of Morella (Castellón, Spain) and first identification of Leptocleididae in the Iberian record". Cretaceous Research. 94: 8–24. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.010. ISSN 0195-6671.

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