El Collado Formation

El Collado Formation
El Collado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian; ~125–120 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Approximate paleocoordinates	30°54′N 8°18′E / 30.9°N 8.3°E
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]

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Dromaeosauridae indet (teeth)^[2]
Tyrannosauroidea indet (teeth)^[2]
Sauropod (=Camarasauridae indet.)^[1]

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Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia
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		Escucha
	Aptian		Valmaseda - Tellamendi		Ol Gp. - Castrillo	Benassal		Benassal				Olhos
			Valmaseda - Tellamendi	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	Upper Bedoulian	Assises
				Prada	Abejar	Artoles				Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
				Rúbies	Tera Gp. - Golmayo	Alacón/Blesa	Blesa	Camarillas	Mirambel	Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
150	Hauterivian				Ur Gp. - Pinilla	Llacova	Blesa	Castellar	Tera Gp. - Pinilla	Villares		Porto da Calada
						Llacova	hiatus			Villares
						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		Miravetes
					TdL Gp. - Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus	Tollo
					On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute			Arzobispo		Tollo
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. - Magaña		Higuereles			Tera Gp. - Magaña		Lourinhã
					Tera Gp. - Magaña				Arzobispo
					Ágreda				Arzobispo
Legend		Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
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References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105392. hdl:10486/705325.

[cretaceousdistribution-1] 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.

[:0-2] 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105392. hdl:10486/705325.

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