El Collado Formation Explained

El Collado Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Barremian ~
Period:	Barremian
Prilithology:	Limestone, claystone, sandstone
Otherlithology:	Mudstone, conglomerate
Region:	Aragón, Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Valencia
Coordinates:	40.6°N -2.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	30.9°N 8.3°W
Underlies:	La Huérguina Formation
Overlies:	Los Villares Formation
Extent:	South Iberian Basin

The El Collado Formation is a geological formation in Cuenca, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Fossil content

• Dromaeosauridae indet (teeth)^[2]
• Tyrannosauroidea indet (teeth)
• Sauropod (=Camarasauridae indet.)^[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. Book: Weishampel . David B . Barrett . Paul M. . Coria . Rodolfo A. . le Loeuff . Jean . Xing . Xu . Xijin . Zhao . Sahni . Ashok . Gomani . Elizabeth M.P. . Noto . Christopher . 2004 . 24. Dinosaur Distribution . The Dinosauria . Weishampel . David B. . Dodson . Peter . Osmólska . Halszka . 2nd . Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London . University of California Press . 556–563 . 978-0-520-25408-4.
2. Berrocal-Casero . Mélani . Alcalde-Fuentes . María Rosario . Audije-Gil . Julia . Sevilla . Paloma . February 2023 . Theropod teeth from the upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Vadillos-1, Spain . Cretaceous Research . en . 142 . 105392 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105392. free . 2023CrRes.14205392B . 10486/705325 . free .