Tremp Formation

Tremp Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Europe

The Tremp Formation is a geological formation in Huesca, Spain whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, when the area was low-lying wetlands. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation,[1] which also bears many dinosaur eggs, including some complete clutches.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 588-593. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "hundreds of dinosaur eggs found in Spain": accessed 17 March 2013.


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