Escucha Formation
Escucha Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | E1 to E3 |
Underlies | Utrillas Formation |
Overlies | Oliete Formation |
Thickness | ~70 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, Mudstone (E1, E3) Sandstone (E2) |
Other | Coal (E1) Siltstone (E2) |
Location | |
Region | Europe |
Country | Spain |
The Escucha Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] It was deposited in a variety continental to paralic environments.[2]
Paleofauna
Dinosaurs of the Escucha Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Location/site | Notes | Images | |
Located in Provincia de la Rioja |
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Located in Provincia de la Rioja |
Insects of the Escucha Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Location/site | Notes | Images | |
Peñacerrada I amber[4] |
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Peñacerrada I amber[4] |
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Peñacerrada I amber[4] |
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 561. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Peyrot, Daniel; Rodríguez-López, Juan Pedro; Lassaletta, Luis; Meléndez, Nieves; Barrón, Eduardo (2007-11). "Contributions to the palaeoenvironmental knowledge of the Escucha Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Oliete Sub-basin, Teruel, Spain". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 6 (6–7): 469–481. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.014. ISSN 1631-0683.
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(help) - ^ Kirkland, J. I.; Alcalá, L.; Loewen, M. A.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Wiersma, J. P. (2013). Butler, Richard J, ed. "The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. From the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain". PLoS ONE 8 (12): e80405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080405.
- ^ a b c d e f Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys. 204: 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.
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