Pino de Jarque 2, Riodeva: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain
collected 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Sauropoda
Diplodocidae indet. Marsh 1884
1 specimen
RD-PJ2-8 (anterior process and pubic peduncle of a right ilium)
    = Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Upchurch and Mannion 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County: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:157.30000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Arzobispo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: high in formation

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: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:2003
Metadata
Database number:68037
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-12-28 11:12:54 Last modified:2022-09-09 15:38:51
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-28 11:12:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19463. R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2006. A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. Science 314:1925-1927 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

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]
38080 P. Upchurch and P. D. Mannion. 2009. The first diplodocid from Asia and its implications for the evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Palaeontology 52(6):1195-1207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]