El Canteret (6.0 m): Late/Upper Barremian, Spain
collected by F. Yeste, J. Sanz 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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| "plant fragments" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Brachiosaurinae indet.
Huene 1927
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| "sauropod of Morella"; IPS M-EC 80-1 to 80-23 | ||||||||||
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= Titanosauriformes indet.
Salgado et al. 1997
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Suñer et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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= Somphospondyli indet.
Wilson and Sereno 1998
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Mocho et al. 2023 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ceratostreon sp.
Bayle 1878
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Valenciana |
| Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 0.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° North, 9.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 811 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Arcillas de Morella | ||||
| Local section: | El Canteret | Local bed: | 6 m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originally described as from the Capas Rojas ("lower Bedoulian"), but since assigned to the Arcillas de Morella Formation (Mocho et al. 2023)
bed located 6 m from top | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,ferruginous,gray,red,blue argillaceous,calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "motely colored argillaceous sandstone, dominated by grays and violets, finely stratified in millimeters which have ferruginous intercalations with plant fragments and calcareous laminae." | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | F. Yeste, J. Sanz | Collection dates: | 1978 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Morella | ||
| Database number: | 45153 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-08 08:55:43 | Last modified: | 2023-09-28 03:58:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-08 08:55:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62422. | J. V. Santafé-Llopis, M. L. Casanovas-Cladellas, J. L. Sanz-García and S. Calzada-Badía. 1981. Un nuevo yacimiento de Dinosaurios en el Aptiense inferior de Morella (Castellón) [A new dinosaur locality in the lower Aptian of Morella (Castellón)]. Acta Geològica Hispànica 16(3):139-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 55204 | A. Galobart, A. Santos-Cubedo, M. Suñer and J. I. Canudo. 2011. Paleontological discoveries and studies. In À. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55385 | J. M. Gasulla, F. Ortega, F. Escaso and A. Pérez-García. 2011. Los yacimientos de vertebrados de la Formación Arcillas de Morella (Aptiense inferior) [The vertebrate localities of the Arcillas Formation of Morella (lower Aptian)]. In A. Pérez-García, F. Gascó, J. M. Gasulla, & F. Escaso (eds.), Viajando a Mundos Pretéritos 157-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85869 | P. Mocho, F. Escaso, J. M. Gasulla, A. Galobart, B. Poza, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. L. Sanz and F. Ortega. 2023. New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 43399 | J. V. Santafé, M. L. Casanovas, J. L. Sanz and S. Calzada. 1981. Geología y paleontología (dinosaurios) de las Capas rojas de Morella (Castellón, España) (resumen) [Geology and paleontology (dinosaurs) of the Capas Rojas of Morella (Castellón, Spain) (summary)]. Butlletí Informatiu—Institut de Paleontología de Sabadell 13(1-2):39-55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 11753 | ETE | J. V. Santafé, M. L. Casanovas, J. L. Sanz and Y. S. Calzada. 1982. Geologia y Paleontologia (Dinosaurios) de las Capas rojas de Morella (Castellón, España) [Geology and paleontology (Dinosauria) of the Capas Rojas of Morella (Castellón, Spain)]. Diputación Provincial de Castellón y Diputación de Barcelona 1-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 62663 | J. V. Santafé-Llopis and M. L. Casanovas-Cladellas. 1979. Situación estragrafica de los yacimientos de Dinosaurios del Levante español [Stratigraphic situation of the dinosaur localities of the Spanish Levant]. Butlletí Informatiu, Institut de Paleontologia de Sabadell 11(1/2):29-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 56555 | J. L. Sanz. 1984. Las faunas españolas de dinosaurios [The Spanish dinosaur faunas]. I Congreso Español de Geología, Segovia 497-506 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55386 | M. Suñer, B. Poza, B. Vila and A. Santos-Cubedos. 2008. Síntesis del registro fósil de dinosaurios en el Este de la Península Ibérica [Synthesis of the fossil record of dinosaurs in the eastern Iberian Peninsula]. Palaeontologica Nova 8:397-420 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55315 | B. Vila, M. Suñer, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. I. Canudo, B. Poza and A. Galobart. 2011. Saurischians through time. In A. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 130-168 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |