Vallipón 2, Castellote (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.8° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Artoles Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• Bover-Arnal et al. 2016: Sr values from samples suggest a middle/late Early Barremian age for the lower-middle part of the Artoles Formation, and a Late Barremian age for the upper part. Previously the Barremian–Aptian boundary has been placed within the Artoles Formation, but late Barremian ammonites have been found in the overlying Morella Formation, ruling out an early Aptian age for the Artoles Formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, calcareous sandstone and conglomerate

• "deposited in an intertidal or subtidal environment very close [related[ to the coastline"
• Quartitic sandstones and conglomerates. "The rock is dissolved with 10% formic acid" before screenwashing.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Primary reference: J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and R. Royo-Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (ed.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology. Programme and Abstracts. Field Guide 22-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61357: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.06.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
vertebrae
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid
vertebrae
 Saurischia -
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod
teeth, vertebrae