El Castellar Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Spain}}

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| name = El Castellar Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| age = Valanginian-Barremian
~{{fossil range|135|125}}

| period = Hauterivian

| prilithology = Claystone, sandstone

| otherlithology = Marl, conglomerate

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| region = Aragón, Teruel

| country = Spain

| coordinates = {{coord|40.7|N|0.9|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|31.1|N|8.8|E|display=inline}}

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| subunits = Lower and Upper Members

| underlies = Camarillas Formation

| overlies = Galve Formation

| thickness = {{convert|85|-|140|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Spain

| lat_deg = 40.7

| lon_deg = -0.9

| mark = Green pog.svg

| marksize = 10

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The El Castellar Formation is a geological formation in La Rioja and Teruel, Spain whose strata date back to the possibly the Valanginian to the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 556-563. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.