Escucha Formation

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Escucha Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel provinces of northeastern Spain whose strata date back to the late Aptian to middle Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

The approximately Script error: No such module "convert". thick formation underlies the Utrillas Formation and overlies Castrillo de la Reina, Benassal & Oliete Formations. The Escucha Formation comprises siltstones, mudstones, sandstones, coal, siltstones and amber, in which several fossil insects were found. The formation was deposited in a variety of continental to paralic (deltaic) environments.[2]

Fossil content

The Escucha Formation has provided the following fossils, among others:[3]

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
Taxa Location Notes Images
Europelta carbonensis La Rioja [4]
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Proa valdearinnoensis La Rioja [5]
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Other dinosaurs
Reptiles
Fish
Crustaceans

Insects

Insects
Taxa Location/site Notes Images
Alavaraphidia Peñacerrada I amber [8]
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Amarantoraphidia Peñacerrada I amber [8]
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Microcostaphron parvus Peñacerrada I amber [9]
Radiophron ibericus Peñacerrada I amber [10]
Styporaphidia? hispanica Peñacerrada I amber [8]
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Other arthropods

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Invertebrates
Flora

Correlation

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al., 2004
  2. ↑ Peyrot et al., 2007
  3. ↑ Escucha Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ↑ Kirkland et al., 2013
  5. ↑ McDonald et al., 2012
  6. ↑ Pérez García et al., 2020
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  8. ↑ a b c Pérez de la Fuente et al., 2012
  9. ↑ Ortega Blanco et al., 2010, p.272
  10. ↑ Ortega Blanco et al., 2010, p.267
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Bibliography

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Further reading

  • L. Alcalá, E. Espílez, L. Mampel, J. I. Kirkland, M. Ortiga, D. Rubio, A. González, D. Ayala, A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, F. Gascó and M. D. Pesquero. 2012. A new Lower Cretaceous vertebrate bonebed near Arino (Tereul, Aragon, Spain); found and managed in a joint collaboration between a mining company and a palaeontological park. Geoheritage 4:275-286
  • J. I. Canudo, A. Cobos, C. Martín-Closas, X. Murelaga, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, R. Royo-Torres, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and L. M. Sender. 2005. Sobre la presencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la Formación Escucha (Cretácico Inferior, Albiense): redescubierto “Iguanodon” en Utrillas (Teruel) [On the presence of ornithopod dinosaurs in the Escucha Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Albian): redescribing “Iguanodon” in Utrillas (Teruel)]. Fundamental 6:51-56
  • E. Peñalver, D. A. Grimaldi, and X. Delclos. 2006. Early Cretaceous spider web with its prey. Science 312:1761
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