Valle de Ángeles Group
Valle de Ángeles Group Stratigraphic range: Late Albian-Early Turonian | |
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Type | Group |
Sub-units | Esquias Formation, Valle de Angeles Redbeds |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, claystone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 14°42′N 87°30′W / 14.7°N 87.5°WCoordinates: 14°42′N 87°30′W / 14.7°N 87.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 14°42′N 69°18′W / 14.7°N 69.3°W |
Region | Ocotepeque & Comayagua Departments |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Valle de Ángeles |
![]() ![]() Valle de Ángeles Group (Honduras) |
The Valle de Ángeles Group is a geologic group in Honduras. It preserves fossils such as ornithopod and iguanodontid dinosaurs dating back to the Late Albian to Early Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Honduras
References[]
- ^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- Sistema de monitoreo y alerta temprana (SAT) comunitaria a deslizamientos en los municipios de San Francisco del Valle, San Marcos de Ocotepeque y Mercedes, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Subcuenca del Río Higuito, 1–65. CEAH. Accessed 2019-02-19. . 2007.
- G. S. Horne, M. G. Atwood, and A. P. King. 1974. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironment of Esquias Formation of Honduras. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 58(2):176-188
- Oirgen tectónico y evolución de la Cuenca Tehuitzingo-Tepexi, Estado de Puebla (PhD thesis), 1–209. UNAM. Accessed 2019-02-19. . 2008.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
Categories:
- Geologic groups of North America
- Geologic formations of Honduras
- Albian Stage
- Cenomanian Stage
- Turonian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Shale formations
- Fluvial deposits
- Lacustrine deposits
- Paleontology in Honduras
- Comayagua Department
- Ocotepeque Department