El Castellar Formation

El Castellar Formation
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Barremian
~135–125 Ma

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Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Lower and Upper Members
Underlies	Camarillas Formation
Overlies
Thickness	85–140 m (279–459 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Claystone, sandstone
Other	Marl, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	40°42′N 0°54′W / 40.7°N 0.9°WCoordinates: 40°42′N 0°54′W / 40.7°N 0.9°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	31°06′N 8°48′E / 31.1°N 8.8°E
Region	Aragón, Teruel
Country	Spain
	El Castellar Formation (Spain)

The El Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the possibly the Valanginian to the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna[]

Ornithopod tracks and dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.^[2]

Amphibians[]

Amphibians
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Eodiscoglossus	E. santonjae				Frog
Galverpeton^[3]	G. ibericum				A member of Caudata.

Dinosaurs[]

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Aragosaurus^[2]	A. ischiaticus^[2]
cf. Owenodon^[4]	Indeterminate
cf. Paronychodon^[5]	Indeterminate^[5]				Possible indeterminate troodont remains.^[2]
Styracosterna^[6]	Indeterminate				Previously assigned to Mantellisaurus.^[2]

Mammals[]

Mammals
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Crusafontia	C. cuencana				Dryolestid
Iberica	I. hahni				Multituberculate
Spalacotherium	S. henkeli				Spalacotheriidae

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Correlation[]

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia
Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins		Olanyà								Lusitanian
100	Cenomanian											Caranguejeira


125	Albian		-
			Monte Grande		Escucha		Escucha
			-		Escucha
	Aptian		-		- Castrillo
			-		En Gp. -	Morella/			Morella
			-		En Gp. -	Forcall					Upper Bedoulian
	Barremian					Xert	Alacón	Xert		Huérguina	Upper Bedoulian
						Artoles				Collado		Papo Seco
				Rúbies	Tera Gp. -	Alacón/Blesa	Blesa	Camarillas		Collado		Papo Seco
150	Hauterivian				Ur Gp. -		Blesa	Castellar	Tera Gp. -
							hiatus

	Valanginian				Ur Gp. -				-
					-				- Piedrahita

	Berriasian		-			hiatus
					- Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus
					On Gp. -			Arzobispo
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. -		Higuereles			Tera Gp. -		Lourinhã
					Tera Gp. -				Arzobispo
									Arzobispo
Legend		Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
Sources

References[]

^ 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. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
^ R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)
^ Galton, P. M., 2012, Hypsilophodon foxii and other smaller bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous of southern England: In: Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, edited by Godefroit, P., Indiana University Press, Part 1, New investigations into the Iguanodon sinkhole at Bernissart and other Early Cretaceous localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium), p. 225-281.
^ ^a ^b Listed as "?Paronychodon sp." in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
^ Listed as "Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.

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

[cretaceousdistribution-1] 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. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

[castellar-2] "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.

[3] R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)

[4] Galton, P. M., 2012, Hypsilophodon foxii and other smaller bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous of southern England: In: Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, edited by Godefroit, P., Indiana University Press, Part 1, New investigations into the Iguanodon sinkhole at Bernissart and other Early Cretaceous localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium), p. 225-281.

[paro-5] Listed as "?Paronychodon sp." in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.

[iggy-6] Listed as "Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.

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