Earth:Sierra Perenchiza Formation
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| Sierra Perenchiza Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~72–68 Ma | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 39°36′N 1°00′W / 39.6°N 1.0°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 30°18′N 0°12′E / 30.3°N 0.2°E |
| Region | Valencia |
| Country | Spain |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sierra Perenchiza |
  Sierra Perenchiza Formation (Spain) | |
The Sierra Perenchiza Formation is a geologic formation in Spain. A late Campanian to early Maastrichtian age is supported by paleomagnetic data and fossil pollen analysis.[1] The Sierra Perenchiza Formation "consists mainly of interbedded carbonate marls and lacustrine limestones, interpreted as deposits of small ephemeral lakes and ponds of a coastal environment".[2] Vertebrate fossils are common in the formation: these include dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodylomorphs, turtles, squamates, frogs, albanerpetontids, and ray-finned fish, as well as dinosaur eggshell fragments. Also known are freshwater invertebrates (ostracods, gastropods, and bivalves) and plant remains.[2]
Paleofauna
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Paleofauna of the Tremp Formation | |||||||
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| Genus | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic unit | Material | Description | Images | Notes |
| Azhdarchidae indet. | La Solana | Cervical vertebrae, wig phalanges[3][4] | Possibly related to Quetzalcoatlus | ||||
| Doratodon | D. ibericus | Incomplete left mandible with teeth[5] | A crocodylomorph, closely related to or within Sebecosuchia | frameless | |||
| Megaloolithus | M. aff. siruguei | Unusually thick (up to 4.9 mm) eggshell fragments[6] | Possible titanosaur eggs | ||||
| Rhabdodon | R. sp. | A maxillary tooth (MGUV CH-162)[7] | A rhabdodontid | ||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ Peyrot, Daniel; Barrón, Eduardo; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; ((Company)), Julio (February 2020). "Vegetational composition of the Upper Cretaceous vertebrate site of Chera (Valencia, Spain) and its significance in mosaic vegetation from southwestern Europe" (in en). Cretaceous Research 106. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104254. Bibcode: 2020CrRes.10604254P. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667119302629.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ((Company)), Julio; Szentesi, Zoltán (October 2012). "Amphibians from the Late Cretaceous Sierra Perenchiza Formation of the Chera Basin, Valencia Province, Spain". Cretaceous Research 37: 240–245. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.003. ISSN 0195-6671. Bibcode: 2012CrRes..37..240C.
- ↑ Company, Julio; Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Ignacio; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier (September 1999). "A long-necked pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Valencia, Spain". Geologie en Mijnbouw 78 (3/4): 319–333. doi:10.1023/A:1003851316054. https://doc.rero.ch/record/16211/files/PAL_E3420.pdf.
- ↑ Averianov, Alexander (2014). "Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)". ZooKeys (432): 1–107. doi:10.3897/zookeys.432.7913. PMID 25152671. PMC 4141157. Bibcode: 2014ZooK..432....1A. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3978.
- ↑ Company, J., Suberbiola, X.P., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I. & Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2): 343–353
- ↑ ((Company)), Julio (4 August 2017). "Unusually thick dinosaur eggshell fragments from the Spanish Late Cretaceous" (in en). Historical Biology 31 (2): 203–210. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1357717. ISSN 0891-2963. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2017.1357717.
- ↑ Csiki-Sava, Zoltan; Buffetaut, Eric; Ősi, Attila; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Brusatte, Stephen L. (8 January 2015). "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago". ZooKeys (469): 1–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.469.8439. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 25610343. Bibcode: 2015ZooK..469....1C.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B., ed (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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