Arény 1 tracksite (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Aren; Areny 1

Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Posa Formation (Tremp Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "Formación Areniscas de Arény"; near top of formation; grey unit, base of C30n; "Grey Garumnian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; bioturbated, medium-grained, coarse, ferruginous sandstone

• "fluvial, meandeirng streams, channel facies"
• medium and coarse grained sandstones, medium stratification, undulating lamination at small to large scales, abundant oncolites, ferruginous bioturbation, with prints and bone fragments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. L. Barco, L. Ardévol, and J. I. Canudo. 2001. Descripción de los primeros rastros asignados a Hadrosauridae (Ornithopoda, Dinosauria) del Maatrichtiense de la Península Ibérica (Areny, Huesca) [Description of the first trackways assigned to Hadrosauridae (Ornithopoda, Dinosauria) from the Maastrichtian of the Iberian peninsula (Areny, Huesca)]. Geogaceta 30:235-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68505: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Hadrosauropodus sp.
Hadrosauropodus sp. Lockley et al. 2003 ornithopod
possibly two types, ca. 20 tracks