Higuerueles Formation
| Higueruelas Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Villar del Arzobispo Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°42′N 0°54′W / 40.7°N 0.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°36′N 8°30′E / 31.6°N 8.5°E |
| Region | Teruel, Valencia |
| Country | Spain |
| Extent | Maestrazgo Basin |
  Higuerueles Formation (Spain) | |
The Higueruelas (Spanish) or Higuerueles Formation (Catalan) is a Tithonian geologic formation in the Teruel and Valencia provinces of Spain.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Ichnofossils
Correlation
| Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Cantabrian | Olanyà | Cameros | Maestrazgo | Oliete | Galve | Morella | South Iberian | Pre-betic | Lusitanian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Cenomanian |  | La Cabana | Sopeira | Utrillas | Mosquerela | Caranguejeira | |||||||
| Altamira | Utrillas | |||||||||||||
| Eguino | ||||||||||||||
| 125 | Albian | Ullaga - Balmaseda | Lluçà | Traiguera | ||||||||||
| Monte Grande | Escucha | Escucha | Jijona | |||||||||||
| Itxina - Miono | ||||||||||||||
| Aptian | Valmaseda - Tellamendi | Ol Gp. - Castrillo | Benassal | Benassal | Olhos | |||||||||
| Font | En Gp. - Leza | Morella/Oliete | Oliete | Villaroya | Morella | Capas Rojas | Almargem | |||||||
| Patrocinio - Ernaga | Senyús | En Gp. - Jubela | Forcall | Villaroya | Upper Bedoulian | Figueira | ||||||||
| Barremian | Vega de Pas | Cabó | Abejar | Xert | Alacón | Xert | Huérguina | Assises | ||||||
| Prada | Artoles | Collado | Moutonianum | Papo Seco | ||||||||||
| Rúbies | Tera Gp. - Golmayo | Alacón/Blesa | Blesa | Camarillas | Mirambel | |||||||||
| 150 | Hauterivian |  | Ur Gp. - Pinilla | Llacova | Castellar | Tera Gp. - Pinilla | Villares | Porto da Calada | ||||||
| hiatus | ||||||||||||||
| Huerva | Gaita | |||||||||||||
| Valanginian | Villaro | Ur Gp. - Larriba | Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | |||||||||||
| Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | Ped Gp. - Piedrahita | |||||||||||||
| Peñacoba | Galve | Miravetes | ||||||||||||
| Berriasian |  | Cab Gp. - Arcera | Valdeprado | hiatus | Alfambra | |||||||||
| TdL Gp. - Rupelo | Arzobispo | hiatus | Tollo | |||||||||||
| On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute | ||||||||||||||
| Tithonian | Lastres | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Lourinhã | ||||||||||
| Arzobispo | ||||||||||||||
| Ágreda | ||||||||||||||
| Legend | Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation | |||||||||||||
| Sources | ||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Higueruelas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
- Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Pereda Suberbiola, X.; Company, J.; Belinchón, M. (2010), "Dientes de arcosaurios (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Buñol (Valencia) - Archosaurian teeth (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Buñol (Valencia)", Geogaceta, 48: 79–82
{{citation}}:|last3=has generic name (help) - 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Pérez Lorente, F.; Romero Molina, M. M. (2001), "Nuevas icnitas de dinosaurios terópodos y saurópodos en Galve y Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. España) - New theropod and sauropod dinosaur footprints in Galve and Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. Spain)", Geogaceta, 30: 115–118
- Bataller, J.B (1960), "Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español (The vertebrates from the Spanish Cretaceous)", Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, 60: 141–164