Calizas de La Huergina Formation

Calizas de La Huergina Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Europe

The Calizas de La Huérgina Formation (also known as the Una 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

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs reported from the Calizas de La Huergina Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Concavenator[2]	C. corcovatus[2]			"Nearly complete and articulated skeleton."		Concavenator Europejara Iberomesornis Iguanodon Pelecanimimus
Concornis[3]	C. lacustris[3]			"Postcranial skeleton."[4]
Eoalulavis[3]	E. hoyasi[3]			"Thoracic region and forelimbs."[4]
Euronychodon[5]	Indeterminate[5]
Europejara	E. olcadesorum
Iberomesornis[3]	I. romerali[3]			"Postcranial skeleton."[6]
Iguanodon[3]	I. bernissartensis[3]
Pelecanimimus[3]	P. polyodon[3]			"Skull and partial skeleton."[7]
Paronychodon[8]	Indeterminate[8]
Ricardoestesia[9]	Indeterminate[9]

Many fish and lizards also have been found.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

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. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. Ortega F., Escaso, F. and Sanz, J.L. (2010). "A bizarre, humped Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain." Nature, 467: 203-206. doi:10.1038/nature09181 PMID 20829793
3. "15.9 Provincia de Quenca, Spain; 4. Calizas de La Huergina Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 561-562.
4. "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 212.
5. Listed as "cf. Euronychodon sp." in "15.9 Provincia de Quenca, Spain; 4. Calizas de La Huergina Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 561.
6. "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 213.
7. "Table 6.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 138.
8. Listed as "cf. Paranychodon sp." in "15.9 Provincia de Quenca, Spain; 4. Calizas de La Huergina Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 561.
9. Listed as "cf. Ricardoestesia sp." in "15.9 Provincia de Quenca, Spain; 4. Calizas de La Huergina Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 561.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.