Sierra Perenchiza Formation Explained

Sierra Perenchiza Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~
Period:	Maastrichtian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Marl
Namedfor:	Sierra Perenchiza
Region:	Valencia
Country:	Spain
Coordinates:	39.6°N -1°W
Paleocoordinates:	30.3°N 0.2°W

The Sierra Perenchiza Formation is a late Campanian to late Maastrichtian geologic formation in Spain. Dinosaur, pterosaur, turtle, lissamphibian, frog and albanerpetontid remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation,^[1] although none have yet been referred to a specific genus^[2] and the crocodylomorphs Acynodon, Doratodon ibericus and Musturzabalsuchus are also known from this formation.^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

Bibliography

• Book: . David B. . . Peter . . Halszka . 2004 . The Dinosauria. 2nd . Berkeley. University of California Press . 1–880 . 2019-02-21. 0-520-24209-2.

Notes and References

1. Company. Julio. Szentesi. Zoltán. 2012. Amphibians from the Late Cretaceous Sierra Perenchiza Formation of the Chera Basin, Valencia Province, Spain. Cretaceous Research. 37. 240–245. 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.003. 2012CrRes..37..240C . 0195-6671.
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. Company, J., Suberbiola, X.P., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I. & Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2): 343–353