Valle de Ángeles Group explained

Valle de Ángeles Group
Type:	Group
Age:	Late Albian-Early Turonian
Period:	Cenomanian
Prilithology:	Sandstone, claystone
Otherlithology:	Conglomerate
Namedfor:	Valle de Ángeles
Region:	Ocotepeque & Comayagua Departments
Coordinates:	14.7°N -87.5°W
Paleocoordinates:	14.7°N -69.3°W
Subunits:	Esquias Formation, Valle de Angeles Redbeds

The Valle de Ángeles Group is a geologic group in Honduras. It preserves fossils such as ornithopod and iguanodontid dinosaurs dating back to the Late Albian to Early Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period.^[1]

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Honduras

Further reading

Web site: CEAH . 2007 . Sistema de monitoreo y alerta temprana (SAT) comunitaria a deslizamientos en los municipios de San Francisco del Valle, San Marcos de Ocotepeque y Mercedes, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Subcuenca del Río Higuito . CEAH . 1–65 . 2019-02-19.
G. S. Horne, M. G. Atwood, and A. P. King. 1974. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironment of Esquias Formation of Honduras. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 58(2):176-188
Silva Romo . Gilberto . 2008 . Oirgen tectónico y evolución de la Cuenca Tehuitzingo-Tepexi, Estado de Puebla . PhD thesis . . 1–209 . 2019-02-19.
Book: . David B. . . Peter . . Halszka . 2004 . The Dinosauria. 2nd . Berkeley. University of California Press . 1–880 . 2019-02-21. 0-520-24209-2.

Notes and References

http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=51681 Esquias Formation