Encisco Group
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The Encisco Group is a geological formation in La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s of the Encisco Group
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:
  • Euornithopoda
  1. Tracks.
  • Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.


  • Genus:
    • Hypsilophodon
      Hypsilophodon
      Hypsilophodon is an ornithopod dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous period of Europe. It was a small bipedal animal with an herbivorous or possibly omnivorous diet...

    1. H. foxii
  • Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.

  • Genus:
    • Iguanodontia
    1. Tracks.
  • Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.

  • Infraorder:
    • Sauropoda
      Sauropoda
      Sauropoda , or the sauropods , are an infraorder of saurischian dinosaurs. They had long necks, long tails, small heads , and thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land...

    1. Tracks.
  • Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.

  • Suborder:
    • Theropoda
      Theropoda
      Theropoda is both a suborder of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs, and a clade consisting of that suborder and its descendants . Dinosaurs belonging to the suborder theropoda were primarily carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved herbivory, omnivory, and insectivory...

    1. Tracks.
  • Geographically located in Provincia de la Rioja, Spain.
  • Including possible avialan tracks.
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