Las Mortajeras tracksite (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as LM

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.2° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Enciso Group, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. L. Casanovas-Cladellas, R. Ezquerra Miguel, A. Fernández Ortega, F. Pérez-Lorente, J. V. Santafé Llopis and F. Torcida Fernández. 1993. Icnitas de dinosaurios. Yacimientos de Navalsaz, Las Mortajeras, Peñaportillo, Malvaciervo y La Era del Peladillo 2 (La Rioja, España) [Dinosaur tracks. Localities of Navalsaz, Las Mortajeras, Peñaportillo, Malvaciervo and La Era del Peladillo 2 (La Rioja, Spain)]. Zubía 5:9-133 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223644: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
trackways LM 23–26, 30–37, 39–53 + 87 isolated tracks
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet. carnosaur
trackways LM 27, 29, 38
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
trackway LM 28