| El Collado Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | La Huérguina Formation |
| Overlies | Los Villares Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, claystone, sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°36′N 2°06′W / 40.6°N 2.1°W / 40.6; -2.1 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30°54′N 8°18′E / 30.9°N 8.3°E / 30.9; 8.3 |
| Region | Aragón, Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Valencia |
| Country | Spain |
| Extent | South Iberian Basin |
El Collado Formation (Spain) | |
The El Collado Formation is a geological formation in Cuenca, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.1
Fossil content
- Dromaeosauridae indet (teeth)2
- Tyrannosauroidea indet (teeth)2
- Sauropod (=Camarasauridae indet.)1
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 | Higuereles | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Lourinhã | |||||||||
| Arzobispo | ||||||||||||||
| Ágreda | ||||||||||||||
| Legend | Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation | |||||||||||||
| Sources | ||||||||||||||
References
References
- Weishampel, David B; Barrett, Paul M.; Coria, Rodolfo A.; le Loeuff, Jean; Xing, Xu; Xijin, Zhao; Sahni, Ashok; Gomani, Elizabeth M.P.; Noto, Christopher (2004). "24. Dinosaur Distribution". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press. pp. 556–563. ISBN 978-0-520-25408-4.
- Berrocal-Casero, Mélani; Alcalde-Fuentes, María Rosario; Audije-Gil, Julia; Sevilla, Paloma (February 2023). "Theropod teeth from the upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Vadillos-1, Spain". Cretaceous Research. 142 105392. Bibcode:2023CrRes.14205392B. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105392. hdl:10486/705325.