Mallorca Buntsandstein tracksite (lower): Early/Lower Triassic, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia informal indet. B
Laurenti 1768
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| "type B" (bipedal?) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia informal indet. Ca
Laurenti 1768
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| "type Ca" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia informal indet. Cb
Laurenti 1768
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| "type Cb" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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| "type A" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Islas Baleares |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 2.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.7° North, 2.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Buntsandstein | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "lower unit" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,paleosol/pedogenic,fine,red sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | desiccation cracks,paleosol/pedogenic,red claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red massive or laminated lutites with frequent paleosols, which are intercalated with levels of sandstones with horizontal or planar stratification. The ichnites from this level are firmly encountered in one of the paleosols formed by fine-grained sandstones and lutites affected by dessication cracks." | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 95349 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-04-13 13:27:12 | Last modified: | 2021-09-13 11:15:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-04-13 13:27:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32444. | ETE | F. Calafat, J. J. Fornós, M. Marzo, E. Ramos-Guerrero, and A. Rodríguez-Perea. 1987. Icnología de vertebrados de la facies Buntsandstein de Mallorca [Ichnology of vertebrates from the Buntsandstein facies of Mallorca]. Acta Geológica Hispànica 21-22:515-520 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 78047 | I. Díaz-Martínez and A. Pérez-García. 2012. Historical and comparative study of the first Spanish vertebrate paleoichnological record and bibliographic review of the Spanish chirotheriid footprints. Ichnos 19(3):141-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |