Earth:Alacón Formation
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Short description: Spanish geologic feature
| Alacón Formation Stratigraphic range: Latest Barremian ~121–120 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Forcall Formation |
| Overlies | Blesa Formation |
| Area | Ariño |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 41°06′N 0°36′W / 41.1°N 0.6°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 30°54′N 9°36′E / 30.9°N 9.6°E |
| Region | Oliete, Aragón |
| Country |  Spain |
| Extent | Maestrazgo Basin Oliete Basin |
  Alacón Formation (Spain)  Alacón Formation (Aragon) | |
The Alacón Formation is a geologic formation in Spain in which dinosaur tracks attributed to sauropods and Iguanodontidae have been found.[1]
Correlation
References
- ↑ Alacón Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz Omeñaca and R. Royo Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (eds.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Albarracin, Spain. Universidad de Zaragoza 22-23
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