Urbión Group

Urbión Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Hauterivian-late Barremian
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Lake Urbíon near the summit of Pico del Urbión
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsPinilla de los Moros, Castrillo de la Reina, Larriba & Piedrahita de Muñó Formations
UnderliesEnciso Group
OverliesOncala Group
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, sandstone
OtherClaystone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates42°06′N 2°18′W / 42.1°N 2.3°W / 42.1; -2.3
Approximate paleocoordinates32°24′N 9°00′E / 32.4°N 9.0°E / 32.4; 9.0
RegionBurgos & Soria provinces, Castille and León
La Rioja
CountrySpain
ExtentCameros Basin, Sierra de la Demanda
Type section
Named forPicos de Urbión
Urbión Group (Spain)

The Urbión Group is a geological group in Castile and León and La Rioja, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to late Barremian. The formations of the group comprise a sequence of brown limestones in a matrix of black silt, sandstones, claystones and conglomerates deposited under terrestrial conditions, in alluvial fan and fluvial environments.

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