Calizas de Lychnus Formation
Calizas de Lychnus Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°54′N 3°24′W / 41.9°N 3.4°WCoordinates: 41°54′N 3°24′W / 41.9°N 3.4°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 34°06′N 3°00′W / 34.1°N 3.0°W |
Region | Castille and Leon |
Country | ![]() |
![]() ![]() Calizas de Lychnus Formation (Spain) |
The Calizas de Lychnus Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in northern central Spain. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content[]
Dinosaurs[]
- cf. Euronychodon sp.
- (?Troodontidae indet.)
- ?Hypselosaurus sp.
- Nodosauridae indet.
- Rhabdodontidae indet.
- Titanosauridae indet.
- Dinosauria indet.
- Sauropoda indet.
- ?Dromaeosauridae indet.
- Invertebrates
- Fish
- Other reptiles
- Crocodylia indet.
- Eusuchia indet.
- Testudines indet.
- Mammals
- Flora
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- C. Pol, A. D. Buscalioni, J. Carballeira, V. Francés, N. López Martínez, B. Marandat, J. J. Moratalla, J. L. Sanz, B. Sigé and J. Villatte. 1992. Reptiles and mammals from the Late Cretaceous new locality Quintanilla del Coco (Burgos Province, Spain). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 184(3):279-314
- J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, J. J. Moratalla, V. Francés, and M. Antón. 1990. Los reptiles Mesozoicos del registro español [The Mesozoic reptiles from the Spanish record]. Monografias del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2:1-79
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Spain
- Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe
- Cretaceous Spain
- Maastrichtian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Mudstone formations
- Lacustrine deposits
- Paleontology in Spain