El Castellar Formation Explained

El Castellar Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Valanginian-Barremian ~
Period:	Hauterivian
Prilithology:	Claystone, sandstone
Otherlithology:	Marl, conglomerate
Region:	Aragón, Teruel
Coordinates:	40.7°N -0.9°W
Paleocoordinates:	31.1°N 8.8°W
Subunits:	Lower and Upper Members
Underlies:	Camarillas Formation
Overlies:	Galve Formation
Thickness:	85-

The El Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the possibly the Valanginian to the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithopod tracks and dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.

Amphibians

Amphibians
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Eodiscoglossus	E. santonjae				Frog
Galverpeton^[2]	G. ibericum				A member of Caudata.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Aragosaurus^[3]	A. ischiaticus
cf. Owenodon^[4]	Indeterminate
cf. Paronychodon^[5]	Indeterminate				Possible indeterminate troodont remains.
Styracosterna^[6]	Indeterminate				Previously assigned to Mantellisaurus.

Mammals

Mammals
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Crusafontia	C. cuencana				Dryolestid
Iberica	I. hahni				Multituberculate
Spalacotherium	S. henkeli				Spalacotheriidae

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

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. Pp. 556-563. .
R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)
"15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
Galton, P. M., 2012, Hypsilophodon foxii and other smaller bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous of southern England: In: Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, edited by Godefroit, P., Indiana University Press, Part 1, New investigations into the Iguanodon sinkhole at Bernissart and other Early Cretaceous localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium), p. 225-281.
Listed as "?Paronychodon sp." in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
Listed as "Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis" in "15.7 Provincia de la Rioja, Spain; 3. Castellar Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 560-561.
Pérez-García . A. . Cobos . A. . Royo-Torres . R. . 2017-06-01 . The oldest evidence of a dortokid turtle (stem Pleurodira) from the uppermost Hauterivian-basal Barremian El Castellar Formation (Teruel, Spain) . Journal of Iberian Geology . en . 43 . 2 . 139–146 . 10.1007/s41513-017-0013-7 . 2017JIbG...43..139P . 1886-7995 . 135098500.