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]
| Sierra Perenchiza Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°36′N 1°00′W / 39.6°N 1.0°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30°18′N 0°12′E / 30.3°N 0.2°E |
| Region | Valencia |
| Country |  Spain |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sierra Perenchiza |
  Sierra Perenchiza Formation (Spain) | |
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References edit
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.003. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ 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
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2