Camarillas Formation

Camarillas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian
~130–125 Ma
The Camarillas Formation crops out in the geological park of Aliaga
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesArtoles Formation
OverliesEl Castellar Formation
Thickness300–800 m (980–2,620 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, mudstone
OtherConglomerate
Location
Coordinates40°42′N 0°54′W / 40.7°N 0.9°W / 40.7; -0.9
Approximate paleocoordinates30°42′N 9°12′E / 30.7°N 9.2°E / 30.7; 9.2
RegionTeruel, Aragón
Country Spain
ExtentGalve Basin
Type section
Named forCamarillas
Named byCanérot et al.
Year defined1982
Camarillas Formation is located in Spain
Camarillas Formation
Camarillas Formation (Spain)
Camarillas Formation is located in Aragon
Camarillas Formation
Camarillas Formation (Aragon)

The Camarillas Formation is a geological formation in the Teruel Province of Aragón, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian stage). The sandstones, mudstones and conglomerates of the formation, that due to syn-sedimentary faulting varies greatly in thickness from 300 to 800 metres (980 to 2,620 ft), were deposited in fluvial, deltaic and lacustrine environments.

The formation was deposited in the Galve Sub-basin of the Maestrazgo Basin in central-eastern Spain. During deposition, Iberia was an island, separated by seas from North Africa and France. Underlying the Camarillas Formation is the also highly fossiliferous El Castellar Formation and the Artoles Formation rests on top of the formation.[1]

The Camarillas Formation has provided a rich fossil assemblage of fossils of mammals, snakes, turtles, crocodylians, fish, dinosaurs and their eggs. Various tracksites of families of dinosaurs exist in the formation.

Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[2]

  1. ^ Herrero Gascón & Pérez Lorente, 2009, p.68
  2. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 556-563