Tera Group

Tera Group
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Hauterivian
~150–135 Ma

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Type	Geologic group
Sub-units	, &
Underlies	Oncala Group
Overlies	Jurassic
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, claystone
Location
Coordinates	41°54′N 2°30′W / 41.9°N 2.5°WCoordinates: 41°54′N 2°30′W / 41.9°N 2.5°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	33°18′N 8°00′E / 33.3°N 8.0°E
Region	Burgos Province
Country	Spain
Extent
Type section
Named for	Tera River
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The Tera Group is a geological group in the and Sierra de la Demanda in Burgos, Spain. The group contains several formations whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Fossil content[]

Euornithopoda indet^[1]
Iguanodon cf. fittoni^[1]

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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 556-563

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

Further reading[]

C. Pascual Arribas and N. Hernández Medrano. 2015. Nuevas huellas de estegosáuridos en el Titoniense-Berriasiense de la Cuenca de Cameros (Formación Magaña) [New tracks of stegosaurids in the Tithonian-Berriasian of the Cameros Basin (Magaña Formation)]. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 28(2):15-27
F. Torcida Fernández Baldor. 2005. Los dinosaurios de Castilla y León [The dinosaurs of Castilla y León]. Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León 6(23):23-34
J. I. Ruiz Omeñaca and J. I. Canudo. 2003. Dinosaurios (Saurischia, Ornithischia) en el Barremiense (Cretácico Inferior) de la península Ibérica [Dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithischia) in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian peninsula]. In F. Pérez Lorente (ed.), Dinosaurios y Otros Reptiles Mesozóicos de España 269-312
F. Pérez Lorente. 2002. La distribución de yacimientos y de tipos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Cuenca de Cameroa (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, España) [The distribution of localities and types of dinosaur footprints in the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, Spain)]. Zubia Monográfico 14:191-210

[cretaceousdistribution-1] Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 556-563

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