Resumen de Caracterización de los depósitos sedimentarios con dinosaurios de Riodeval (Teruel)
Luis de Luque Ripoll, Eduardo Espílez, Alberto Cobos Periáñez, Rafael Royo Torres, Luis Alcalá Martínez
Recent discoveries of dinosaur fossils in Riodeva led us to carry out a systematic study of the geology of the area. The calcareous-siliciclastic facies rich in fossil bones are attributed to the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian). These transitional facies have been divided into three different units; A) Marine-influenced siliceous-calcareous deposits, spanning 50 m., conformable over the underlying calcareous Jurassic marine unit, B) A 170 m detritical alluvial unit, including more than 35 recorded dinosaur sites (Royo-Torres y Cobos, 2004), and C) A 15-0 m detritical-calcareous unit unconformable below the erosive overlying formation (Arenas y Arcillas del Collado Formation). We also suggest a chronological explanation for taxonomical divergences between dinosaur sites previously attributed to Arenas y Arcillas del Collado formation.
