L'Abeller, Unit 3 (upper) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Suterranya

Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.2° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arén Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• belongs to Aren-2 sequence, unit 3 above Aren Sandstone Fm.

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•Early Maastrichtian following Fondevilla et al. (2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; medium-grained, gray, white sandstone

• "Beach, barrier-island and delta"
• "Upper sandstone body: medium-grained massive sandstones rich in fragments of eggshell showing large-scale cross-stratification...The body of sandstone shows a lobate form and pinches out onto the paleosol on top of the lower body of sandstone"

•facies F1A: "Medium-to very coarse-grained sandstones and calcarenites / Grey, whitish or yellowish / Large-scale cross or wavy bedding, wave ripples / Well sorted, mainly composed of quartz grains"

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Prieto-Márquez, R. Gaete, A. Galobart and L. Ardèvol. 2001. A Richardoestesia-like theropod tooth from the Late Cretaceous foredeep, south-central Pyrenees, Spain. Eclogae Geologicae Helveticae 93:497-501 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/K. Maguire]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38677: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Richardoestesia sp.
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
"Richardoestesia-like" (ref 17647)
  - Fusioolithidae
"Megaloolithus pseudomamillare" = Fusioolithus baghensis
"Megaloolithus pseudomamillare" = Fusioolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995 dinosaur
at least two nests with 5 eggs