Acantilados de Luces tracksite (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Lastres, Luces cliffs

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 7.0° 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, calcareous sandstone and gray marl

• "dark gray marls more than a meter thick...gray carbonate sandstones, situated on dark-gray marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, 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 94147: 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
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.3 Marsh 1878 sauropod
MUJA-1896
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 ornithopod
small
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
bipedal, theropod or ornithopod; 2 types (K, L)
 Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Pteraichnus sp.4 Stokes 1957 pterosaur
One manus and one pes print
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle