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El Castellar

79 occ. 36 taxa (6 genera) 1 countries
Description

The El Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the possibly the Valanginian to the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Genera
6 genera
Deltapodus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 175 Ma
Elongatoolithus
Dinosaurs
Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 126 Ma
Caririchnium
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 101 Ma
Macroolithus
Dinosaurs
Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 133 Ma
Iguanodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 155 Ma
Baryonyx
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 139 Ma
El Castellar
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Dryolestidan mammal Crusafontia amoae sp. nov., MPZ CC2−1 M4 or M5, holotype, from the site of Cuesta Corrales 2, Colladico Blanco level, El Castellar Formation, Galve, Teruel, Spain in, occlusal (A), mesial (B), labial (C), distal (D), and lingual (E) views. The schematic drawing of C. amoae, in the box in the lower left−hand corner shows the main anatomical elements of the occlusal surface of a dryolestidan. © Cuenca−Bescós, G., Badiola, A., Canudo, J.I., Gasca, J.M., and Moreno−Azanza, M. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain 79
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 36
Lacustrine indet. 12
Estuary / bay 11
Lagoonal 10
Fluvial-deltaic indet. 5
Alluvial fan 2
Floodplain 2
Marginal marine indet. 1
Top collectors
J. M. Herrero 16
L. Luque et al. 11
J. L. Sanz 7
Aragosaurus-IUCA 4
Collection activity by decade
1980s 7
1990s 7
2000s 15
2010s 8