Pielago (PX) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Galve

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.6° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: El Castellar Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Sánchez-Hernández, M. J. Benton, and D. Naish. 2007. Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of the Galve area, NE Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:180-215 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96073: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
Atoposauridae indet. crocodilian
MPG PX-18
 Theropoda -
Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914 coelurosaur
MPG PX-6, PX-8, PX-9
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosaurinae indet. Matthew and Brown 1922 maniraptoran
MPG PX-1, PX-3, PX-4, PX-6, PX-7, PX-17, PX-21, PX-22
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Baryonychinae indet. Charig and Milner 1986 tetanuran theropod
MPG PX-23, tooth
 Theropoda -
Allosauroidea indet. Currie and Zhao 1994 allosauroid
MPG PX-2, PX-5