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Arcillas de Morella

83 occ. 32 taxa (4 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Arcillas de Morella Formation is a geological formation in Spain whose strata date back to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Genera
4 genera
Iguanodon
Iguanodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 10 occ. · 155 Ma
Mantellisaurus
Mantellisaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 143 Ma
Cetiosaurus
Cetiosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 175 Ma
Polacanthus
Polacanthus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 139 Ma
Arcillas de Morella
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Sedimentos y fangos del suelo de un delta petrificado, con múltiples marcas de origen animal, posiblemente de bivalvos Bordón, Teruel. © Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain 83
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 31
Fine channel fill 11
Estuary / bay 10
Channel 6
Delta plain 5
Deltaic indet. 4
Pond 4
Mire / swamp 3
Lagoonal 2
Marginal marine indet. 2
Top collectors
F. Beltrán 8
J. Royo y Goméz 8
F. Yeste 5
R. Ortí 5
M. Guardiola Figols 5
J. Sanz 4
J. C. Forner 4
J. Cerda 4
Vilanova 4
A. Santos-Cubedo 2
J. L. Sanz et al. 2
J. Sanz et al. 2
Collection activity by decade
1870s 4
1910s 8
1920s 8
1970s 16
1990s 9
2000s 44
2010s 10