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Blesa

49 occ. 34 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Blesa Formation is a geological formation in Teruel and La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains as well as eggs are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. Along with the fragmentary anhanguerian pterosaur Iberodactylus. While the lower and upper parts of the formation were deposited in a continental setting, the middle portion of the formation is largely nearshore marine, with remains of plesiosaurs.

Genera
3 genera
Delapparentia
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 126 Ma
Prismatoolithus
Dinosaurs
Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 126 Ma
Paronychodon
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 155 Ma
Blesa
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Geographical and geological location of the Los Quiñones site in the Blesa Formation. (A) Geological map of the Iberian Peninsula; (B) Location of the paleogeographical sub-basins within the Maestrazgo Basin; and (C) location of the Los Quiñones site close to the village of Obón (modified from14). © Borja Holgado, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, José Ignacio Canudo, Josep Fortuny, Taissa Rodrigues, Julio Company & Alexander W. A. Kellner · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Cabezo Gordo 37
Morenillo 1
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain 49
Depositional environments
Mire / swamp 38
Wet floodplain 5
Lacustrine indet. 3
Terrestrial indet. 2
Coastal indet. 1
Top collectors
J. Rubio 5
Aragosaurus-IUCA 5
Herrero 1
Mr. Javier Andreu 1
Collection activity by decade
1990s 37
2000s 37
2010s 10