Tereñes Formation
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Tereñes Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Lastres Formation |
Overlies | Vega Formation |
Thickness | 400 metres |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marl |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 43°30′N 5°12′W / 43.5°N 5.2°WCoordinates: 43°30′N 5°12′W / 43.5°N 5.2°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°36′N 7°00′E / 35.6°N 7.0°E |
Region | Asturias |
Country | Spain |
The Tereñes Formation or Tereñes Marl is a Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) geologic formation in Asturias, Spain. The grey marls of the formation were deposited in a lagoonal environment at a muddy coast along a temporary inland sea. The lower section of the formation comprises silty and chalky sandstones with desiccation cracks and ripple marks, then becomes a bituminous, prominently ostracod-bearing, pelecypod shell chalk, lime chalk marl and marl.[1] Fossil tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Dinosaurs
- Crocodylimorphs
- Ichnofossils
See also
References
- ^ a b Tereñes Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Piñuela, Laura; Castanera, Diego; García-Ramos, José-Carlos; Cela, Irene Sánchez (2018-07-05). "The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain". PeerJ. 6: e4963. doi:10.7717/peerj.4963. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6035862.
- ^ a b Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2012
- ^ a b Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2007
- ^ Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2010
- ^ Young et al., 2014
- ^ a b Mensink & Mertmann, 1984
Bibliography
- Royal Society Open Science 1. 140222. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , and . 2014. Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia).
- Geogaceta 52. 177-180. ; , and . 2012. Primera descripción de dientes de dinosaurios terópodos en la Formación Tereñes (Kimmeridgiense), Asturias (First description of theropod dinosaur teeth in the Tereñes Formation (Kimmeridgian), Asturias).
- ; , and . 2010. Dakosaurus sp. (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) en el Kimmeridgiense de Colunga (Asturias), 193-199. Comunicaciones del V Congreso del Jurásico de España.
- ; ; , and . 2007. Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias (Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias), 95-97. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain.
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 7. 405-415. , and . 1984. Dinosaurier-Fährten (Gigantosauropus asturiensis n. g. n. sp.; Hispanosauropus hauboldi n. g. n. sp.) im Jura Asturiens bei La Griega und Ribadesella (Spanien).