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.
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Dinosaurs Ornithiscians Ornithopods of the Castrillo de la Reina FormationGenusSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic unitMaterialDescriptionImagesFoskeiaF. pelendonum Vegagete Lower A disarticulated and fragmentary postcranial remains A rhabdodontomorph ornithopod, formerly named 'Vegagete ornithopod'Hadrosauriformes indet.Indeterminate Los Terreros-Altollano I site Incomplete skull materials Basal hadrosauriform, derived than Iguanodontidae
Sauropods Sauropods of the Castrillo de la Reina FormationGenusSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic unitMaterialDescriptionImagesDemandasaurusD. darwini Tenandas de Los Vallejos II and Salas de los Infantes Quarry Lower An incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains A rebbachisaurid EuropatitanE. eastwoodi El Oterillo II Lower A holotype specimen consists of five cervical vertebrae, one dorsal vertebra, nine caudal vertebrae, 11 cervical ribs, five dorsal ribs, seven chevrons, both scapulae, the left coracoid, two left metacarpals, both pubis bones, both iscia, and a single tooth A somphospondylan sauropod
Other reptiles Other reptiles of the Castrillo de la Reina FormationGenusSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic unitMaterialDescriptionImagesArcanosaurusA. ibericus Viajete Lower A 29 mid-dorsal vertebra A varanoid lizard
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