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{{Short description|Geological group in Spain}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Oncala Group
| image =
| caption =
| type = [[Geological formation]]
| age = [[Berriasian|Early-mid Berriasian]]<br>~{{fossil range|140|135}}
| period = Berriasian
| prilithology = [[Sandstone]]
| otherlithology = [[Siltstone]], [[shale]], [[marl]], [[limestone]]
| namedfor =
| namedby =
| region = [[Castile and León]], [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]
| country = [[Spain]]
| coordinates =
| unitof =
| subunits = [[Huérteles Formation]]
| underlies = [[Urbión Group]]
| overlies = [[Tera Group]]
| thickness =
| extent = [[Cameros Basin]]
| area =
| map =
| map_caption =
}}
The '''Oncala Group''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[Spain]]. It dates back to the [[Berriasian]].<ref name=FWOncala>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Oncala&group_formation_member=Oncala Oncala Group] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref><ref name="latejurassicdistribution">Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref>

==Vertebrate fauna==

===Dinosaurs===
Fossil tracks from euornithopods, sauropods, and theropods (including avialans) are known from the formation in [[Province of Soria|Provincia de Soria]], Spain.<ref name="latejurassicdistribution" /> Indeterminate sauropod remains are known from the formation in Provincia de Soria, Spain.<ref name="latejurassicdistribution" />

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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[[Ornithodire]]s of the Oncala Group'''
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! Taxa
! Presence
! Description
! Images
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'''Genus:'''
* ''[[Hypsilophodon]]''<ref name="latejurassicdistribution" />
# ''Hypsilophodon'' sp.<ref name="latejurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically located in Provincia de Soria, Spain.<ref name="latejurassicdistribution" />
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[[File:Hypsilophodon.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Hypsilophodon]]'']]

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'''Ichnogenus:'''
* ''[[Pteraichnus]]''<ref name="Lockleyetal2008">Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." ''Zitteliana''. B28. p. 187-198. {{ISSN|1612-4138}}.</ref>
# ''P.''
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* <ref name="Lockleyetal2008" />

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== Correlation ==
{{Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia}}

== See also ==
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{coord missing|Spain}}

[[Category:Geologic groups of Europe]]
[[Category:Geology of Spain]]
[[Category:Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe]]
[[Category:Cretaceous Spain]]
[[Category:Berriasian Stage]]
[[Category:Paleontology in Spain]]

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Oncala Group - Revision history

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