Castellar Formation

Castellar Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Europe
Country  Spain

The Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithopod tracks and dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.[2]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Castellar Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Aragosaurus[2]

A. ischiaticus[2]

Galverpeton[3]

G. ibericum

A member of Caudata.

cf. Owenodon[4]

Indeterminate

cf. Paronychodon[5]

Indeterminate[5]

Possible indeterminate troodont remains.[2]

Styracosterna[6]

Indeterminate

Previously assigned to Mantellisaurus.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 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. Pp. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
  3. R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)
  4. Galton, P. M., 2012, Hypsilophodon foxii and other smaller bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous of southern England: In: Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, edited by Godefroit, P., Indiana University Press, Part 1, New investigations into the Iguanodon sinkhole at Bernissart and other Early Cretaceous localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium), p. 225-281.
  5. 1 2 Listed as "?Paronychodon sp." in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
  6. Listed as "Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.

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