Lastres Formation

Lastres Formation
Lastres Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Type	Geologic group
Overlies	Tereñes Formation
Thickness	400 meters
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, conglomerate
Other	Mudstone
Location
Coordinates	43°30′N 5°30′W / 43.5°N 5.5°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	35°48′N 6°48′E / 35.8°N 6.8°E
Region	Asturias
Country	Spain
	Lastres Formation (Spain) Lastres Formation (Asturias)

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.

Fossil tracks have been reported from the formation, including those of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, and lizards. One notable track is a giant stegosaur footprint 57 centimetres (1.87 ft) in length.

Fossil content

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.

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs
Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Pteraichnus		* Present at the Quintueles, Oles, Tazones, and Luces sites; all in Asturias, Spain.	* Quintueles, Oles, and Tazones specimens housed at the Jurassic Museum of Asturias, Spain. Luces specimens remain in the field.

Plants

Plants
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Ricciopsis	R. asturicus			A liverwort.

Correlation

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia
Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins	Cantabrian	Olanyà	Cameros	Maestrazgo	Oliete	Galve	Morella	South Iberian	Pre-betic	Lusitanian
100	Cenomanian		La Cabana	Sopeira	Utrillas		Mosquerela					Caranguejeira
			Altamira		Utrillas
			Eguino
125	Albian		Ullaga - Balmaseda	Lluçà						Traiguera
			Monte Grande		Escucha		Escucha			Jijona
			Itxina - Miono		Escucha
	Aptian		Valmaseda - Tellamendi		Ol Gp. - Castrillo	Benassal		Benassal				Olhos
			Valmaseda - Tellamendi	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	Upper Bedoulian	Assises
				Prada	Abejar	Artoles				Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
				Rúbies	Tera Gp. - Golmayo	Alacón/Blesa	Blesa	Camarillas	Mirambel	Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
150	Hauterivian				Ur Gp. - Pinilla	Llacova	Blesa	Castellar	Tera Gp. - Pinilla	Villares		Porto da Calada
						Llacova	hiatus			Villares
						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		Miravetes
					TdL Gp. - Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus	Tollo
					On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute			Arzobispo		Tollo
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. - Magaña		Higuereles			Tera Gp. - Magaña		Lourinhã
					Tera Gp. - Magaña				Arzobispo
					Ágreda				Arzobispo
Legend		Major fossiliferous, oofossiliferous, ichnofossiliferous, coproliferous, minor formation
Sources

References

1 2 3 4 Philippe, Marc; Billon-Bruyat, Jean-Paul; Garcia-Ramos, Jose C.; Bocat, Loïc; Gomez, Bernard; Piñuela, Laura (January 2010). "New occurrences of the wood Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis Francis: implications for terrestrial biomes in southwestern Europe at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary". Palaeontology. 53 (1): 201–214. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..201P. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00926.x. hdl:10651/7327. S2CID 129026651.
↑ Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Piñuela, Laura; Castanera, Diego; García-Ramos, José-Carlos; Cela, Irene Sánchez (2018-07-05). "The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain". PeerJ. 6 e4963. Bibcode:2018PeerJ...6e4963R. doi:10.7717/peerj.4963. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6035862. PMID 30002951.
↑ Pinuela, Laura (2009). "ICHNOLOGICAL EVIDENCES OF GIGANTIC DINOSAURS IN THE LATE JURASSIC OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA" (PDF). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology page 164a.
1 2 3 Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.
↑ Santos, Artai A.; Sender, Luis Miguel; Piñuela, Laura; García-Ramos, Jose Carlos; Diez, José B. (2022-09-27). "First evidence of Ricciaceae in the Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, NW Spain): Ricciopsis asturicus sp. nov". Botany Letters. 169 (4): 557–567. Bibcode:2022BotL..169..557S. doi:10.1080/23818107.2022.2124452. ISSN 2381-8107. S2CID 252575717.

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Philippe, Marc; Billon-Bruyat, Jean-Paul; Garcia-Ramos, Jose C.; Bocat, Loïc; Gomez, Bernard; Piñuela, Laura (January 2010). "New occurrences of the wood Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis Francis: implications for terrestrial biomes in southwestern Europe at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary". Palaeontology. 53 (1): 201–214. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..201P. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00926.x. hdl:10651/7327. S2CID 129026651.

[2] Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Piñuela, Laura; Castanera, Diego; García-Ramos, José-Carlos; Cela, Irene Sánchez (2018-07-05). "The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain". PeerJ. 6 e4963. Bibcode:2018PeerJ...6e4963R. doi:10.7717/peerj.4963. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6035862. PMID 30002951.

[3] Pinuela, Laura (2009). "ICHNOLOGICAL EVIDENCES OF GIGANTIC DINOSAURS IN THE LATE JURASSIC OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA" (PDF). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology page 164a.

[Lockleyetal2008-4] 1 2 3 Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.

[5] Santos, Artai A.; Sender, Luis Miguel; Piñuela, Laura; García-Ramos, Jose Carlos; Diez, José B. (2022-09-27). "First evidence of Ricciaceae in the Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, NW Spain): Ricciopsis asturicus sp. nov". Botany Letters. 169 (4): 557–567. Bibcode:2022BotL..169..557S. doi:10.1080/23818107.2022.2124452. ISSN 2381-8107. S2CID 252575717.