Higuerueles Formation
Higueruelas Formation Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Villar del Arzobispo Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
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°36′N 8°30′E / 31.6°N 8.5°E |
Region | Teruel, Valencia |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | |
![]() ![]() Higuerueles Formation (Spain) |
The Higueruelas (Spanish) or Higuerueles Formation (Catalan) is a Tithonian geologic formation in the Teruel and Valencia provinces of Spain.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content[]
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Ichnofossils
Correlation[]
Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Olanyà | Lusitanian | ||||||||||
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100 | Cenomanian | ![]() |
Caranguejeira | |||||||||||
125 | Albian | - | ||||||||||||
Monte Grande | Escucha | Escucha | ||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||
Aptian | - | - Castrillo | ||||||||||||
En Gp. - | Morella/ | Morella | ||||||||||||
- | En Gp. - | Forcall | Upper Bedoulian |
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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
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
- Sauropod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
References[]
- ^ a b Higueruelas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography[]
- ; ; , and . 2010. Dientes de arcosaurios (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Buñol (Valencia) - Archosaurian teeth (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Buñol (Valencia). 48. 79–82.
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- , and . 2001. Nuevas icnitas de dinosaurios terópodos y saurópodos en Galve y Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. España) - New theropod and sauropod dinosaur footprints in Galve and Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. Spain). 30. 115–118.
- . 1960. Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español (The vertebrates from the Spanish Cretaceous). 60. 141–164.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Spain
- Jurassic System of Europe
- Jurassic Spain
- Tithonian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Shallow marine deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Spain
- Maestrazgo