The Valle de Ángeles Group is a geologic group in Honduras. It preserves fossils such as ornithopod and iguanodontid dinosaurs dating back to the Late Albian to Early Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1]
| Valle de Ángeles Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Albian-Early Turonian | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Esquias Formation, Valle de Angeles Redbeds |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, claystone |
| Other | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 14°42′N 87°30′W / 14.7°N 87.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 14°42′N 69°18′W / 14.7°N 69.3°W |
| Region | Ocotepeque & Comayagua Departments |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Valle de Ángeles |
  Valle de Ángeles Group (Honduras) | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading edit
- CEAH, _. 2007. Sistema de monitoreo y alerta temprana (SAT) comunitaria a deslizamientos en los municipios de San Francisco del Valle, San Marcos de Ocotepeque y Mercedes, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Subcuenca del Río Higuito, 1–65. CEAH. Accessed 2019-02-19.
- G. S. Horne, M. G. Atwood, and A. P. King. 1974. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironment of Esquias Formation of Honduras. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 58(2):176-188
- Silva Romo, Gilberto. 2008. Oirgen tectónico y evolución de la Cuenca Tehuitzingo-Tepexi, Estado de Puebla (PhD thesis), 1–209. UNAM. Accessed 2019-02-19.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2