Castrillo de la Reina Formation

Castrillo de la Reina Formation
Stratigraphic range: late Barremian-early Aptian
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TypeGeological formation
Unit ofOliván Group
UnderliesUtrillas & Escucha Formations
OverliesHortigüela & Leza Formations
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates42°00′N 3°18′W / 42.0°N 3.3°W / 42.0; -3.3
Approximate paleocoordinates32°36′N 8°12′E / 32.6°N 8.2°E / 32.6; 8.2
RegionCastile and León
CountrySpain
ExtentCameros Basin
Castrillo de la Reina Formation (Spain)

The Castrillo de la Reina Formation is a geological formation in Spain. It is late Barremian to early Aptian in age. It interpreted as a fluvial deposit. It primarily consists of red clay, with ribbon shaped sandstone channel fills. The rebbachisaurid dinosaur Demandasaurus occurs in the formation, alongside somphospondylan Europatitan as well as indeterminate small ornithopods, iguanodonts (including members of the Hadrosauriformes) and spinosaurids, an early rhabdodontoid (indeterminate) and the lizard Arcanosaurus.