Pinyes, Coll de Nargó [Grey] (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Coll de Nargó

Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.2° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grey Garumnian Formation (Tremp Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• 8 egg sites in 4 horizons within 8 m of section, grey unit. "Lower Tremp Fm."

•'Lower Garumnian' = early Maastrichtian (Fondevilla et al. 2019)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; massive, bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic, fine, red sandstone

• fossils on upper surface of Facies B: "massive, highly bioturbated, very fine to fine-grained red sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. VIla et al. in 2003–2005

Primary reference: B. Vila, R. Gaete, A. Galobart, O. Oms, J. Peralba and J. Escuer. 2006. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios y otros tetrápodos continentales en los Pirineos sur-centrales y orientales: resultados preliminares [New discoveries of dinosaurs and other continental tetrapods in the south-central and eastern Pyrenees: preliminary results]. III Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Actas:365-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115193: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Cairanoolithidae
Cairanoolithus roussetensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 ornithischian
eggshells
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
clutches