Piedrahita de Muñó Formation explained

Piedrahita de Muñó Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Late Berriasian-mid-Valanginian
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Period:Valanginian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Namedfor:Piedrahita de Muñó
Region:Burgos Province, Castile and León
Coordinates:42°N -3.2°W
Paleocoordinates:33.1°N 7.7°W
Unitof:Pedroso/Urbión Group
Underlies:Hortigüela Formation
Overlies:hiatus with Villar del Arzobispo Formation
Extent:Cameros Basin

The Piedrahita de Muñó Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation of the Cameros Basin in northern Spain.[1] Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] Also fossils of Lepidotes sp., Polacanthus sp. and Testudines indet. were found in the formation.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=68464 Piedrahita de Muñó Formation
  2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607