Cantera Carcalín, Buñol (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as la playa fosíl

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.4° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Higueruelas Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; yellow grainstone

• "carbonate ramp"
• "sandy ochre limestones"

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, X. Pereda Suberbiola, J. Company and M. Belinchón. 2010. Dientes de arcosaurios (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Buñol (Valencia) [Archosaurian teeth (Crocodyliformes, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Buñol (Valencia)]. Geogaceta 48:79-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120577: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.11.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
? Allosauroidea indet.
? Allosauroidea indet. Currie and Zhao 1994 allosauroid
MCNV-CC-5
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet., Machimosaurus sp.
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
MCNV-CC-1, 2, 3
Machimosaurus sp. marine crocodile
MCNV-CC-4