El Romeral, RD-3: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Luque et al. 2009 1 specimen
CPT-1012
Reptilia - Stegosauridae
Dacentrurus sp. Lucas 1902
2 specimens
CPT-1005, 1007, cervical and dorsal vertebrae
    = aff. Dacentrurus sp. Lucas 1902
Company et al. 2010
Reptilia
Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. 2006
Alcalá et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 8.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Arzobispo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Age of Villar del Arzobispo Formation constrained to Kimmeridgian-Tithonian by Campos-Soto et al. (2017), rather than Tithonian-Berriasian of older literature
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Riodeva
Database number:91396
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-17 21:19:07 Last modified:2022-09-09 13:53:33
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-17 21:19:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30763. A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, and L. Alcalá. 2008. Presencia del estegosaurio Dacentrurus en Riodeva (Teruel) [Presence of the stegosaur Dacentrurus in Riodeva (Teruel)]. In J I Ruiz-Omeñaca, L Piñuela and J C García-Ramos (eds), XXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 15-18 October 2008, Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA), Colunga, Spain, Libro de Resúmenes 89-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

82566 L. Alcalá, L. Luque, A. Aberasturi, D. Ayala, A. Cobos, E. Espílez, F. Gascó, A. González, L. Mampel and R. Royo-Torres. 2010. El dinosaurio gigante de Riodeva: nacido para enseñar [Riodeva’s giant dinosaur: born to teach]. Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra 18(1):97-106 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
47244 A. Cobos and F. Gascó. 2013. New vertebral remains of the stegosaurian dinosaur Dacentrurus from Riodeva (Teruel, Spain). Geogaceta 53:17-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41921 A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, L. Alcalá and L. Mampel. 2010. An Iberian stegosaurs paradise: The Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian) in Teruel (Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293(1-2):223-236 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Uhen]
82563 A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, and L. Alcalá. 2014. Nuevos restos fósiles del estegosaurio Dacentrurus en el yacimiento Barrihonda-El Humero de Riodeva (Teruel, España) [New fossil remains of the stegosaur Dacentrurus in the Barrihondo-El Humero locality of Riodeva (Teruel, Spain)]. In R. Royo-Torres, F. J. Verdú, & L. Alcalá (eds.), XXX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. ¡Fundamental! 24:47-49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82562 J. Company, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2010. New stegosaurian (Ornithischia, Thyreophora) remains from Jurassic-Cretaceous transition beds of Valencia province (Southwestern Iberian Range, Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):243-252 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78423 L. Luque, L. Alcalá, L. Mampel, M. D. Pesquero, R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, E. Espílez, A. González, D. Ayala, A. Aberasturi, P. Marzo and R. Alloza. 2009. Mineralogical, elemental and chemical composition of dinosaur bones from Teruel (Spain). Journal of Taphonomy 7(2-3):151-178 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]