Escucha Formation
Escucha Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Type | Geological formation |
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Region | Europe |
The Escucha Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Paleofauna
Dinosaurs of the Escucha Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Location/site | Notes | Images | |
Proa valdearinnoensis[1] |
Located in Provincia de la Rioja[1] |
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Insectss of the Escucha Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Location/site | Notes | Images | |
Peñacerrada I amber[2] |
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Peñacerrada I amber[2] |
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Styporaphidia? hispanica[2] |
Peñacerrada I amber[2] |
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 561. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys 204: 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.