Barranco de La Canal VII/VIII tracksites (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Munilla, BLC, Nivel 2 Capa 5

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.2° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Unit 20, Leza Fm.? Equivalent to "Nivel 2 Capa 5" of Viera et al. 1984.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone

• sandstones; ripple-marks

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by L. Viera & L. Aguirrezabala in 1982

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. I. Viera, J. A. Torres, and L. M. Aguirrezabala. 1984. El Weald de Munilla (La Rioja) y sus icnitas de dinosaurios. (II) [The Wealden of Munilla (La Rioja) and its dinosaur footprints. (II)]. Munibe 36:3-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227100: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
trackways, outcrop 2
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822 tetanuran theropod
tracks, outcrop 1