La Pedrera de Rubies (IEI coll): Early/Lower Barremian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Ichthyemidion vivaldi n. gen., n. sp. Poyato-Ariza 1995
Poyato-Ariza 1995
LC-1825-IEI
Reptilia - Theropoda
Ilerdopteryx viai Lacasa Ruiz 1985
Lacasa Ruiz 1985 1 specimen
LP-715-lEI
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Nogueroblatta fontllongae Martínez-Delclòs 1993
Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 specimen
IEI LP-008-G
Nogueroblatta nana Martínez-Delclòs 1993
Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 specimen
IEI LP-011-G
Mesoblattina colominasi (Meunier 1914)
Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 specimen
IEI LP-007-G
Insecta - Blattodea - Corydiidae
Cretaholocompsa montsecana Martínez-Delclòs 1993
Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 specimen
IEI LP-005-G
Insecta - Blattodea
Meiatermes bertrani n. gen., n. sp. Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986
Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986 3 specimens
LP-1033-IEI, LP-1701-IEI, LP-1733-AP (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae
Bestiola hispanica n. gen., n. sp. Martínez-Delclòs and Rasnitsyn 1999
Rasnitsyn et al. 1999 1 individual
recombined as Cretobestiola hispanica
LP92/SC/3662 (2 measurements)
Montsecosphex jarzembowskii n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
1 specimen
LP-4132-IEI (2 measurements)
Angarosphex penyalveri n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
1 specimen
LP-0163-G/IEI (Gomez collection) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mesoserphidae
Cretoserphus gomezi n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
1 specimen
LP-0652-G/IEI (Gomez collection) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Bolbonectus lithographicus n. sp. Ponomarenko and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Ponomarenko and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 1 specimen
IEI LP-1222-P (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
? Anaglyphites pluricavus n. sp. Soriano and Delclos 2006
Soriano and Delclos 2006 1 individual
nomen dubium belonging to Cupedinae
IEI LP 97G (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Cionocoleus longicapitis n. sp. Soriano and Delclos 2006
Soriano and Delclos 2006 1 individual
IEI LP 0164G (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Pachypsyche vidali (Meunier 1902)
Martínez-Delclòs 1990 1 specimen
LP-2010-IEI (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Aeschnidiidae indet. Handlirsch 1906
Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 specimen
LP-3215-IEI
Insecta - Odonata - Mesochlorogomphidae
Hispanochlorogomphus rossi n. gen., n. sp. Fleck et al. 2008
Fleck et al. 2008 1 individual
IEI LP-0096-G (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae
Palaeaeschna vidali Meunier 1914
Martínez-Delclòs 1990 3 specimens
LP-1903-IEI, LP-1736-IEI, LP-1910-IEI
Insecta - Odonata
Libelluloidea indet.
Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 1 individual
LP-001-G; Nymph (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) richterae Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 1 specimen
recombined as Hirmoneura richterae
LP-00220IEI/G-A/B
Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae
Palaeouloborus lacasae n. gen., n. sp. Selden 1990
Selden 1990 1 specimen
LP 1755 AP
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 0.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 11.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Pedrera de Rúbies
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "rhythmically laminated, lithographic limestones"
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: "distal areas of a large, shallow... coastal lake"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Housed in the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs (Lleida, Spain). Some from Gómez-Pallerola collection.
Metadata
Also known as:La Pedrera de Meià
Database number:123437
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Bell, D. Smith, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Clapham, A. Kinchloe, F. Villegas-Garin, M. Bell, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-23 04:45:31 Last modified:2017-02-10 10:27:19
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-23 04:45:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39604. A. P. Rasnitsyn and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35:65-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

38360 G. Fleck, A. Nel, G. Bechly, X. Martínez-Delclòs, E. A. Jarzembowski and R. A. Coram. 2008. New lower cretaceous 'libelluloid' dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergences dates for this group. Palaeodiversity 1:19-36 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Alroy]
60827 A. Lacasa Ruiz. 1985. Nota sobre las plumas fósiles del yacimiento eocretácico de “La Pedrera-La Cabrua” en la Sierra del Montsec (prov. Lleida, España) Ilerdopteryx viai n. g. n. sp. Illerda 46:227-237 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
52597 A. Lacasa Ruiz and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1986. Meiatermes, Nuevo Género Fósil de Insecto Isóptero (Hodotermitidae) de las Calizas Neocomienses del Montsec (Provincia de Lérida, España) 1-65 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45507 X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1990. Insectos del Cretácico inferior de Santa Maria de Meià (Lleida): colleción Lluís Marià Vidal i Carreras. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 1:91-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49227 X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1993. Blátidos (Insecta, Blattodea) del Cretácico Inferior de España. Familias Mesoblattinidae, Blattulidae y Poliphagidae. Boletín Geológico y Minero 104:516-538 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8943ETE M. B. Mostovski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. New Nemestrinoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous of Eurasia, taxonomy, and palaeobiology. Entomological Problems 31(2):137-148 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/J. Karr]
51527 A. Nel and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1993. Essai de Révision des Aeschnidioidea (Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera). Cahiers de Paléontologie 1993:7-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48667 A. Ponomarenko and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35:47-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47042 F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 1995. Ichthyemidion, a new genus for the elopiform fish "Anaethalion" vivaldi, from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: phylogenetic comments. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2. Sciences de la terre et des planètes 320(2):133-139 [M. Bell/M. Bell]
39607 A. P. Rasnitsyn, W. J. Pulawski, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1999. Cretaceous digger wasps of the new genus Bestiola Pulawski and Rasnitsyn (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Angarosphecinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8:23-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
9328 P. A. Selden. 1990. Lower Cretaceous spiders from the Sierra de Montsech, north-east Spain. Palaeontology 33:257-285 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]
35032 C. Soriano and X. Delclos. 2006. New cupedid beetles from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and the palaeogeography of the family. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51:185-200 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]