Valle de Ángeles Group
Appearance
Valle de Ángeles Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Albian-Early Turonian | |
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°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 14°42′N 69°18′W / 14.7°N 69.3°W |
Region | Ocotepeque & Comayagua Departments |
Country | Honduras |
Type section | |
Named for | Valle de Ángeles |
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
References
- ^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
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- 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
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- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2