Sierra Perenchiza Formation

Sierra Perenchiza Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~72–68  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Marl
Location
Coordinates	39°36′N1°00′W / 39.6°N 1.0°W / 39.6; -1.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	30°18′N0°12′E / 30.3°N 0.2°E / 30.3; 0.2
Region	Valencia
Country	Spain
Type section
Named for	Sierra Perenchiza
Sierra Perenchiza Formation (Spain)

The Sierra Perenchiza Formation is a geologic formation in Spain. A late Campanian to early Maastrichtian age is supported by paleomagnetic data and fossil pollen analysis. ^[1] The Sierra Perenchiza Formation "consists mainly of interbedded carbonate marls and lacustrine limestones, interpreted as deposits of small ephemeral lakes and ponds of a coastal environment". ^[2] Vertebrate fossils are common in the formation: these include dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodylomorphs, turtles, squamates, frogs, albanerpetontids, and ray-finned fish, as well as dinosaur eggshell fragments. Also known are freshwater invertebrates (ostracods, gastropods, and bivalves) and plant remains. ^[2]

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.

Paleofauna of the Tremp Formation
Genus	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic unit	Material	Description	Images	Notes
Azhdarchidae indet.		La Solana		Cervical vertebrae, wig phalanges [3] [4]	Possibly related to Quetzalcoatlus
Doratodon	D. ibericus			Incomplete left mandible with teeth [5]	A crocodylomorph, closely related to or within Sebecosuchia
Megaloolithus	M. aff. siruguei			Unusually thick (up to 4.9 mm) eggshell fragments [6]	Possible titanosaur eggs
Rhabdodon	R. sp.			A maxillary tooth (MGUV CH-162) [7]	A rhabdodontid

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Peyrot, Daniel; Barrón, Eduardo; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Company, Julio (February 2020). "Vegetational composition of the Upper Cretaceous vertebrate site of Chera (Valencia, Spain) and its significance in mosaic vegetation from southwestern Europe". Cretaceous Research. 106 104254. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10604254P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104254.
2. Company, Julio; Szentesi, Zoltán (October 2012). "Amphibians from the Late Cretaceous Sierra Perenchiza Formation of the Chera Basin, Valencia Province, Spain". Cretaceous Research. 37: 240–245. Bibcode:2012CrRes..37..240C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.003. ISSN   0195-6671.
3. Company, Julio; Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Ignacio; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier (September 1999). "A long-necked pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Valencia, Spain" (PDF). Geologie en Mijnbouw. 78 (3/4): 319–333. doi:10.1023/A:1003851316054.{{cite journal}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
4. Averianov, Alexander (2014). "Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)". ZooKeys (432): 1–107. Bibcode:2014ZooK..432....1A. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.432.7913 . PMC   4141157 . PMID   25152671.
5. Company, J., Suberbiola, X.P., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I. & Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology25(2): 343–353
6. Company, Julio (4 August 2017). "Unusually thick dinosaur eggshell fragments from the Spanish Late Cretaceous". Historical Biology. 31 (2): 203–210. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1357717. hdl: 10251/153787 . ISSN   0891-2963.
7. Csiki-Sava, Zoltan; Buffetaut, Eric; Ősi, Attila; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Brusatte, Stephen L. (8 January 2015). "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago". ZooKeys (469): 1–161. Bibcode:2015ZooK..469....1C. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.469.8439 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   4296572 . PMID   25610343.

Bibliography

• 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.