Higuerueles Formation

The Higueruelas (Spanish) or Higuerueles Formation (Catalan) is a Tithonian geologic formation in the Teruel and Valencia provinces of Spain.^[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[2]

Higueruelas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~150–146 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Villar del Arzobispo Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	40.7°N 0.9°W / 40.7; -0.9
Approximate paleocoordinates	31.6°N 8.5°E / 31.6; 8.5
Region	Teruel, Valencia
Country	Spain
Extent	Maestrazgo Basin
Higuerueles Formation (Spain)

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:^[1]

• Machimosaurus sp.
• ?Allosauroidea indet.
• Crocodyliformes indet.

Ichnofossils

• Theropoda indet.

Correlation

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia

Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins	Cantabrian	Olanyà	Cameros	Maestrazgo	Oliete	Galve	Morella	South Iberian	Pre-betic	Lusitanian
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
Sources

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks

References

1. Higueruelas Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography

• Ruiz Omeñaca, J.I.; Pereda Suberbiola, X.; Company, J.; Belinchón, M. (2010), "Dientes de arcosaurios (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Buñol (Valencia) - Archosaurian teeth (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Buñol (Valencia)", Geogaceta, 48: 79–82 {{citation}}: |last3= has generic name (help)
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
• Pérez Lorente, F.; Romero Molina, M. M. (2001), "Nuevas icnitas de dinosaurios terópodos y saurópodos en Galve y Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. España) - New theropod and sauropod dinosaur footprints in Galve and Miravete de la Sierra (Teruel. Spain)", Geogaceta, 30: 115–118
• Bataller, J.B (1960), "Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español (The vertebrates from the Spanish Cretaceous)", Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, 60: 141–164