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The Lastres Formation is a geological formation located in Asturias province, northwestern Spain. It is believed to have been deposited in a fluvial-dominated deltaic system.[1]
Lastres Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian | |
Type | Geologic group |
Overlies | Tereñes Formation |
Thickness | 400 meters[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate[1] |
Other | Mudstone[1] |
Location | |
Coordinates | 43.5°N 5.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 35.8°N 6.8°E |
Region | Asturias |
Country | Spain |
Fossil tracks have been reported from the formation, including those of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, and lizards.[2]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Pterosaurs | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Pteraichnus[3] | * Present at the Quintueles, Oles, Tazones, and Luces sites; all in Asturias, Spain.[3] | * Quintueles, Oles, and Tazones specimens housed at the Jurassic Museum of Asturias, Spain. Luces specimens remain in the field.[3] | |||
Ma | Age | Paleomap \ Basins | Cantabrian | Olanyà | Cameros | Maestrazgo | Oliete | Galve | Morella | South Iberian | Pre-betic | Lusitanian | ||
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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 |
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