Yacimiento Herrero (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Teruel, Colladico Blanco 1, Galve, Herrero 1

Where: Teruel, Spain (40.7° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: El Castellar Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; gray marl and fine-grained siliciclastic

• "This facies correspond to shallow coastal lagoon deposits, formed in fresh to brackish water (Diaz et al. 1987)"
• Unit 4 "is formed by sequences composed of marls and micrites with abundant Charophytes, Bivalves, Gastropods, fish teeth and vertebrate remains. Carbonate nodules frequently occur within the marls, and the micrites reveal desiccation features." (Diaz et al. 1984) See also Molina and Yebenes 1987.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. M. Herrero

• Material is in the J. M. Herrero collection (Galve).

Primary reference: R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36365: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 26.01.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano, Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Clapham and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.3 Owen 1842 dinosaur
eggs
 Saurischia -
"Pleurocoelus" valdensis10 Lydekker 1889 sauropod
CBH-3
Somphospondyli indet.4 Wilson and Sereno 1998 sauropod
CBH-1
 Ornithischia -
? Ornithischia indet.3 Seeley 1888 ornithischian
eggs
Ornithopoda indet.9 ornithopod
teeth
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet.9 hypsilophodontid
teeth; MPG O-YH1, 2
 Ornithischia - Heterodontosauridae
? Heterodontosauridae indet.11 Romer 1966 heterodontosaurid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
teeth
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.10 Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
 Loricata - Pholidosauridae
 Loricata -
cf. Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883 crocodilian
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae indet.8 Cope 1868 turtle
Disarticulated plates
 Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Xinjiangchelyidae sp.8 Nessov 1990 turtle
Numerous plates
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet. lizard
"tiny"
Mammalia
 Dryolestida -
Crusafontia cuencana6 Henkel and Krebs 1969 mammal
IPFUB Galve Th 1-10, 18-25; precise locality (CBH) within Galve syncline given by Cuenca-Bescós and Canudo 2004
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotherium henkeli6 Krebs 1985 mammal
Holotype (IPFUB 'Galve Th 11'), plus Galve 12-17; precise locality (CBH) within Galve syncline given by Cuenca-Bescós and Canudo 2004
 Multituberculata -
Iberica hahni1 Badiola et al. 2011 multituberculate
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.5 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
 Caudata - Prosirenidae
Prosirenidae indet.12 Estes 1969 salamander
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Eodiscoglossus santonjae Villalta 1957 painted frog
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
"Holostei" indet. Müller 1846
 Lepisosteiformes -
"Lepidotes" sp.10 Agassiz 1832 gar
ganoine-covered scales
 Holostei -
Amiiformes indet.10 Hay 1929 bowfin
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens Woodward 1916 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion microselachos n. sp. Estes and Sanchíz 1982 elasmobranch
MPT/I.G./5.240(1982)
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna cf. sokolovi7 Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark