Artoles Formation

Artoles Formation Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Aptian ~130–123 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 / 40.8; -0.3Coordinates: 40°48′N 0°18′W / 40.8°N 0.3°W / 40.8; -0.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	30°30′N 9°54′E / 30.5°N 9.9°E / 30.5; 9.9
Region	Aragón, Teruel, La Rioja
Country	Spain
Extent
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 indet.), Theropoda, Titanosauriformes have been found in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.

Correlation[]

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia

Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins		Olanyà								Lusitanian
100	Cenomanian											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				Ur Gp. -			Castellar	Tera Gp. -
							hiatus
	Valanginian				Ur Gp. -				-
					-				- Piedrahita
	Berriasian		-			hiatus
					- Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus
					On Gp. -
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. -		Higuereles			Tera Gp. -		Lourinhã
									Arzobispo
Legend		Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
Sources

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

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