Oncala Group
The Oncala Group is a geological formation in Spain. It dates back to the Berriasian.[1][2]
| Oncala Group Stratigraphic range: Early-mid Berriasian ~140–135 Ma | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Huérteles Formation |
| Underlies | Urbión Group |
| Overlies | Tera Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, shale, marl, limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Castile and León, La Rioja |
| Country |  Spain |
| Extent | Cameros Basin |
Vertebrate fauna
Dinosaurs
Fossil tracks from euornithopods, sauropods, and theropods (including avialans) are known from the formation in Provincia de Soria, Spain.[2] Indeterminate sauropod remains are known from the formation in Provincia de Soria, Spain.[2]
| Ornithodires of the Oncala Group | ||||
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Correlation
| Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Cantabrian | Olanyà | Cameros | Maestrazgo | Oliete | Galve | Morella | South Iberian | Pre-betic | Lusitanian | ||
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| 100 | Cenomanian |  | La Cabana | Sopeira | Utrillas | Mosquerela | Caranguejeira | |||||||
| Altamira | Utrillas | |||||||||||||
| Eguino | ||||||||||||||
| 125 | Albian | Ullaga - Balmaseda | Lluçà | Traiguera | ||||||||||
| Monte Grande | Escucha | Escucha | Jijona | |||||||||||
| Itxina - Miono | ||||||||||||||
| Aptian | Valmaseda - Tellamendi | Ol Gp. - Castrillo | Benassal | Benassal | Olhos | |||||||||
| Font | En Gp. - Leza | Morella/Oliete | Oliete | Villaroya | Morella | Capas Rojas | Almargem | |||||||
| Patrocinio - Ernaga | Senyús | En Gp. - Jubela | Forcall | Villaroya | Upper Bedoulian | Figueira | ||||||||
| Barremian | Vega de Pas | Cabó | Abejar | Xert | Alacón | Xert | Huérguina | Assises | ||||||
| Prada | Artoles | Collado | Moutonianum | Papo Seco | ||||||||||
| Rúbies | Tera Gp. - Golmayo | Alacón/Blesa | Blesa | Camarillas | Mirambel | |||||||||
| 150 | Hauterivian |  | Ur Gp. - Pinilla | Llacova | Castellar | Tera Gp. - Pinilla | Villares | Porto da Calada | ||||||
| hiatus | ||||||||||||||
| Huerva | Gaita | |||||||||||||
| Valanginian | Villaro | Ur Gp. - Larriba | Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | |||||||||||
| Ped Gp. - Hortigüela | Ped Gp. - Piedrahita | |||||||||||||
| Peñacoba | Galve | Miravetes | ||||||||||||
| Berriasian |  | Cab Gp. - Arcera | Valdeprado | hiatus | Alfambra | |||||||||
| TdL Gp. - Rupelo | Arzobispo | hiatus | Tollo | |||||||||||
| On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute | ||||||||||||||
| Tithonian | Lastres | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Higuereles | Tera Gp. - Magaña | Lourinhã | |||||||||
| Arzobispo | ||||||||||||||
| Ágreda | ||||||||||||||
| Legend | Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation | |||||||||||||
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Oncala Group at Fossilworks.org
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.
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