Valle de Ángeles Group
| Valle de Ángeles Group | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
  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
References
- ^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Template:Cite LSA
- 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
- Template:Cite LSA
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2