Alacón Formation
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Alacón Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Latest Barremian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Forcall Formation |
Overlies | Blesa Formation |
Area | Ariño |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°06′N 0°36′W / 41.1°N 0.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 30°54′N 9°36′E / 30.9°N 9.6°E |
Region | Oliete, Aragón |
Country | Spain |
Extent | Maestrazgo Basin Oliete Basin |
The Alacón Formation is a geologic formation in Spain in which dinosaur tracks attributed to sauropods and Iguanodontidae have been found.[1]
Correlation
References
- ^ Alacón Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz Omeñaca and R. Royo Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (eds.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Albarracin, Spain. Universidad de Zaragoza 22-23
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- Geologic formations of Spain
- Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe
- Cretaceous Spain
- Barremian Stage
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Spain
- Geography of the Province of Teruel
- Maestrazgo