Where: Aragón, Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 0.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arén Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• top of formation; upper part of chron c30n, 65.6-68.7 mya
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; coarse-grained, ferruginous, micaceous, white, cherty/siliceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1999-2007
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: J. I. Canudo, L. Ardévol, G. Cuenca-Bescós, N. López-Martínez, X. Murelaga, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and X. Orue-Etxebarria. 1999. New dinosaur localities near the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary from Arén (Huesca, Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (ed.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology. Programme and Abstracts. Field Guide 40-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45435: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.10.2004, edited by Matthew Oreska, Graeme Lloyd, Jonathan Tennant and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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