Valle de Ángeles Group

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
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsEsquias Formation, Valle de Angeles Redbeds
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, claystone
OtherConglomerate
Location
Coordinates14°42′N 87°30′W / 14.7°N 87.5°W / 14.7; -87.5
Approximate paleocoordinates14°42′N 69°18′W / 14.7°N 69.3°W / 14.7; -69.3
RegionOcotepeque & Comayagua Departments
Country Honduras
Type section
Named forValle de Ángeles
Valle de Ángeles Group is located in Honduras
Valle de Ángeles Group
Valle de Ángeles Group (Honduras)

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Further reading

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  • 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" (PDF). CEAH. pp. 1–65. Retrieved 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 (PDF) (PhD thesis). UNAM. pp. 1–209. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  • 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.