Puerto de Tazones tracksite (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Villaviciosa

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 6.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lastres Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; gray sandstone

• "gray sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. C. García-Ramos and M. Valenzuela. 1977. Hallazgo de huellas de pisada de vertebrados en el Jurasico de la costa asturiana entre Gijon y Ribadesella [. Breviora Geologica Asturica 21(2):17-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94146: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 10.02.2010, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
bipedal forms, theropod or ornithopod; 5 types (F to J)
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
MUJA-1899; generally very small
 Theropoda - Eubrontidae
cf. Megalosauripus sp.4 Lessertisseur 1955 theropod
morphotype A; MUJA-1889
 Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Pteraichnus sp.3 Stokes 1957 pterosaur
MUJA-0710, 95 prints
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle