Arcillas de Morella Formation

Arcillas de Morella Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (lower Aptian)
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Europe
Country	Spain

The Arcillas de Morella Formation is a geological formation in Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs of the Arcillas de Morella Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Hypsilophodon[1]	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[1]		Hypsilophodon.
Iguanodon bernissartensis[1]	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[1]
cf. Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[2]
Morelladon beltrani	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[3]
Sauropoda[1] Indeterminate remains.[1]	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[1]
Baryonychinae[1] Indeterminate remains.[1]	Geographically located in Provincia de Castellon, Spain.[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 562. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, F. Ortega and J. L. Sanz. 2014. New hadrosauriform cranial remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (lower Aptian) of Morella, Spain. Cretaceous Research 47(1):19-24
3. Gasulla, José Miguel; Escaso, Fernando; Narváez, Iván; Ortega, Francisco; Sanz, José Luis (2015). "A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain". PLoS ONE 10 (12): e0144167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144167. PMID 26673161.