Rupelo Formation Explained

Rupelo Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Berriasian
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Period:Berriasian
Prilithology:Mudstone
Otherlithology:Marl
Namedfor:Rupelo
Region:Mambrillas de Lara, Burgos, Castile and León
Coordinates:42.1°N -3.5°W
Paleocoordinates:33.7°N 5.9°W
Unitof:Tierra de Lara Group
Underlies:Valdeprado Formation
Overlies:Oncala Group
 Huérteles Formation
Thickness:~2m (07feet)
Extent:Restricted to northwesternmost Cameros Basin; Sierra de la Demanda
Area:~1km2

The Rupelo Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) geologic formation in the Burgos Province of Castile and León in northern Spain. The formation crops out near the municipality Mambrillas de Lara in the northwesternmost part of the Cameros Basin in the Sierra de la Demanda.[1]

Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] The formation was deposited under lacustrine conditions in a shallow carbonate lake, with some exposure events in the sedimentary sequence. Imprints of dinosaurs were made in carbonate mud, after they were infilled with marl. Dinosaur tracks have been assigned to sauropods, theropods and ornithopods.[3] An indeterminate titanosauriform sauropod humerus (MDS-VPCR, 214) has been found in the formation.[4]

The municipality of Mambrillas de Lara has created a dinosaur park.

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Notes and References

  1. González Acebrón et al., 2010, p.89
  2. Weishampel, et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
  3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=68465 Rupelo Formation
  4. Torcida Fernández-Baldor. F.. Canudo. J. I.. Huerta. P.. 2020-12-01. New data on sauropod palaeobiodiversity at the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of Spain(Burgos). Journal of Iberian Geology. en. 46. 4. 351–362. 10.1007/s41513-020-00145-w. 2020JIbG...46..351T . 227258628 . 1886-7995.