The Tereñes Formation or Tereñes Marl is a Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) geologic formation in Asturias, Spain. The grey marls of the formation were deposited in a lagoonal environment at a muddy coast along a temporary inland sea. The lower section of the formation comprises silty and chalky sandstones with desiccation cracks and ripple marks, then becomes a bituminous, prominently ostracod-bearing, pelecypod shell chalk, lime chalk marl and marl.[1] Fossil tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]
| Tereñes Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Lastres Formation |
| Overlies | Vega Formation |
| Thickness | 400 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marl |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 43°30′N 5°12′W / 43.5°N 5.2°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°36′N 7°00′E / 35.6°N 7.0°E |
| Region | Asturias |
| Country |  Spain |
   Tereñes Formation (Spain)  Tereñes Formation (Asturias) | |
Fossil content
editThe following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]
- Dinosaurs
- Crocodylimorphs
- Ichnofossils
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tereñes Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Piñuela, Laura; Castanera, Diego; García-Ramos, José-Carlos; Cela, Irene Sánchez (2018-07-05). "The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain". PeerJ. 6: e4963. doi:10.7717/peerj.4963. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6035862. PMID 30002951.
- ^ a b Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2012
- ^ a b Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2007
- ^ Ruiz Omeñaca et al., 2010
- ^ Young et al., 2014
- ^ a b Mensink & Mertmann, 1984
Bibliography
edit- Young, M.T.; Hua, S.; Steel, L.; Foffa, D.; Brusatte, S.L.; Thuring, S.; Mateus, O.; Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Havlik, Y. Lepage, and M.B. Andrade, P. (2014). "Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia)". Royal Society Open Science. 1 (2): 140222. doi:10.1098/rsos.140222. hdl:10141/622162. PMID 26064545.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Piñuela, L.; García Ramos, J.C. (2012). "Primera descripción de dientes de dinosaurios terópodos en la Formación Tereñes (Kimmeridgiense), Asturias (First description of theropod dinosaur teeth in the Tereñes Formation (Kimmeridgian), Asturias)". Geogaceta. 52: 177–180.
- Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Piñuela, L.; García Ramos, J.C. (2010). "Dakosaurus sp. (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) en el Kimmeridgiense de Colunga (Asturias)". Comunicaciones del V Congreso del Jurásico de España: 193–199.
- Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Canudo, J.I.; Piñuela, L.; García Ramos, J.C. (2007). "Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias (Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias)". IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain: 95–97.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Mensink, H.; Mertmann, D. (1984). "Dinosaurier-Fährten (Gigantosauropus asturiensis n. g. n. sp.; Hispanosauropus hauboldi n. g. n. sp.) im Jura Asturiens bei La Griega und Ribadesella (Spanien)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 7: 405–415. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1984/1984/405.