The Lastres Formation is a geological formation located in Asturias province, northwestern Spain . It is believed to have been deposited in a fluvial-dominated deltaic system.[1]
Fossil tracks have been reported from the formation, including those of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, and lizards.[2]
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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^ a b c d Philippe, Marc; Billon-Bruyat, Jean-Paul; Garcia-Ramos, Jose C.; Bocat, Loïc; Gomez, Bernard; Piñuela, Laura (January 2010). "New occurrences of the wood Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis Francis: implications for terrestrial biomes in southwestern Europe at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary" . Palaeontology . 53 (1): 201–214. doi :10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00926.x . S2CID 129026651 .
^ Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Piñuela, Laura; Castanera, Diego; García-Ramos, José-Carlos; Cela, Irene Sánchez (2018-07-05). "The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain" . PeerJ . 6 : e4963. doi :10.7717/peerj.4963 . ISSN 2167-8359 . PMC 6035862 . PMID 30002951 .
^ a b c Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana . B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138 .
^ Santos, Artai A.; Sender, Luis Miguel; Piñuela, Laura; García-Ramos, Jose Carlos; Diez, José B. (2022-09-27). "First evidence of Ricciaceae in the Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, NW Spain): Ricciopsis asturicus sp. nov" . Botany Letters . 169 (4): 557–567. doi :10.1080/23818107.2022.2124452 . ISSN 2381-8107 . S2CID 252575717 .