Earth:Tera Group
From HandWiki
Short description: Geological group in Spain
| Tera Group Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Hauterivian ~150–135 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geologic group |
| Sub-units | Magaña, Golmayo & Pinilla de los Moros Formations |
| Underlies | Oncala Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 41°54′N 2°30′W / 41.9°N 2.5°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 33°18′N 8°00′E / 33.3°N 8.0°E |
| Region | Burgos Province |
| Country |  Spain |
| Extent | Cameros Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tera River |
  Tera Group (Spain)  Tera Group (Castile and León) | |
The Tera Group is a geological group in the Cameros Basin and Sierra de la Demanda in Burgos, Spain . The group contains several formations whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content
Correlation
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
Bibliography
- 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
Further reading
- C. Pascual Arribas and N. Hernández Medrano. 2015. Nuevas huellas de estegosáuridos en el Titoniense-Berriasiense de la Cuenca de Cameros (Formación Magaña) [New tracks of stegosaurids in the Tithonian-Berriasian of the Cameros Basin (Magaña Formation)]. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 28(2):15-27
- F. Torcida Fernández Baldor. 2005. Los dinosaurios de Castilla y León [The dinosaurs of Castilla y León]. Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León 6(23):23-34
- J. I. Ruiz Omeñaca and J. I. Canudo. 2003. Dinosaurios (Saurischia, Ornithischia) en el Barremiense (Cretácico Inferior) de la península Ibérica [Dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithischia) in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian peninsula]. In F. Pérez Lorente (ed.), Dinosaurios y Otros Reptiles Mesozóicos de España 269-312
- F. Pérez Lorente. 2002. La distribución de yacimientos y de tipos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Cuenca de Cameroa (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, España) [The distribution of localities and types of dinosaur footprints in the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, Spain)]. Zubia Monográfico 14:191-210
 |  |
