Escucha Formation

Coordinates: 42°36′N 2°42′W / 42.6°N 2.7°W / 42.6; -2.7
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Escucha Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Aptian-mid Albian
~117–103 Ma
View of Escucha and surrounding rocks
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsE1 to E3
UnderliesUtrillas Formation
OverliesCastrillo de la Reina, Benassal & Oliete Formations
Thickness~70 m (230 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone, mudstone (E1, E3) sandstone (E2)
OtherCoal (E1) siltstone (E2), amber
Location
Coordinates42°36′N 2°42′W / 42.6°N 2.7°W / 42.6; -2.7
Approximate paleocoordinates30°24′N 1°24′E / 30.4°N 1.4°E / 30.4; 1.4
RegionTeruel, Aragón
La Rioja
Country Spain
ExtentCameros, Maestrazgo & Oliete Basins
Type section
Named forEscucha, Teruel
Escucha Formation is located in Spain
Escucha Formation
Escucha Formation
Escucha Formation (Spain)

The Escucha Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel provinces of northeastern Spain whose strata date back to the late Aptian to middle Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

The approximately 70 m (230 ft) thick formation underlies the Utrillas Formation and overlies Castrillo de la Reina, Benassal & Oliete Formations. The Escucha Formation comprises siltstones, mudstones, sandstones, coal, siltstones and amber, in which several fossil insects were found. The formation was deposited in a variety of continental to paralic (deltaic) environments.[2]

Fossil content[edit]

The Escucha Formation has provided the following fossils, among others:[3]

Dinosaurs[edit]

Dinosaurs
Taxa Location Notes Images
Europelta carbonensis La Rioja [4]
Proa valdearinnoensis La Rioja [5]
Other dinosaurs
Reptiles
Fish

Insects[edit]

Insects
Taxa Location/site Notes Images
Alavaraphidia Peñacerrada I amber [7]
Amarantoraphidia Peñacerrada I amber [7]
Microcostaphron parvus Peñacerrada I amber [8]
Radiophron ibericus Peñacerrada I amber [9]
Styporaphidia? hispanica Peñacerrada I amber [7]
Other arthropods
Invertebrates
Flora

Correlation[edit]

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
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


See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al., 2004
  2. ^ Peyrot et al., 2007
  3. ^ Escucha Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Kirkland et al., 2013
  5. ^ McDonald et al., 2012
  6. ^ Pérez García et al., 2020
  7. ^ a b c Pérez de la Fuente et al., 2012
  8. ^ Ortega Blanco et al., 2010, p.272
  9. ^ Ortega Blanco et al., 2010, p.267

Bibliography[edit]

  • Kirkland, J.I.; Alcalá, L.; Loewen, M.A.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Wiersma, J.P. (2013). "The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. From the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain". PLoS ONE. 8 (12): e80405. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...880405K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080405. PMC 3847141. PMID 24312471.
  • Ortega Blanco, J.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Delclòs, X. (2010). "A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (2): 265–276. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0014. S2CID 58934033. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  • Pérez de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys (204): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.
  • Pérez García, A.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Alcalá, L. (2020). "A new basal turtle represented by the two most complete skeletons of Helochelydridae in Europe". Cretaceous Research. 107: Article 104291. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104291. S2CID 210279023.
  • Peyrot, Daniel; Rodríguez López, Juan Pedro; Lassaletta, Luis; Meléndez, Nieves; Barrón, Eduardo (2007). "Contributions to the palaeoenvironmental knowledge of the Escucha Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Oliete Sub-basin, Teruel, Spain". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 6 (6–7): 469–481. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.014.
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria, 2nd edition. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 9780520941434. Retrieved 2019-02-21.

Further reading[edit]

  • L. Alcalá, E. Espílez, L. Mampel, J. I. Kirkland, M. Ortiga, D. Rubio, A. González, D. Ayala, A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, F. Gascó and M. D. Pesquero. 2012. A new Lower Cretaceous vertebrate bonebed near Arino (Tereul, Aragon, Spain); found and managed in a joint collaboration between a mining company and a palaeontological park. Geoheritage 4:275-286
  • J. I. Canudo, A. Cobos, C. Martín-Closas, X. Murelaga, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, R. Royo-Torres, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and L. M. Sender. 2005. Sobre la presencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la Formación Escucha (Cretácico Inferior, Albiense): redescubierto “Iguanodon” en Utrillas (Teruel) [On the presence of ornithopod dinosaurs in the Escucha Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Albian): redescribing “Iguanodon” in Utrillas (Teruel)]. Fundamental 6:51-56
  • E. Peñalver, D. A. Grimaldi, and X. Delclos. 2006. Early Cretaceous spider web with its prey. Science 312:1761
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