Barranco de Valdelavilla tracksite (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Valles de Valdelalosa

Where: Castilla y León, Spain (42.0° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Huérteles Formation (Oncala Group), Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• 9 levels with tracks (8 with pterosaur tracks) through 60 m of section (Levels I-VIII)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; sandy siltstone

• a muddy plain at the edge of a playa or salt lake
• sandy siltstones, silty limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. Pascual Arribas and E. Sanz Pérez. 2000. Icnitas de dinosaurios en Valdelavilla (Soria, España) [Dinosaur tracks in Valdelavilla (Soria, Spain)]. Estudios Geológicos 56:41-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68472: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.3
Ornithopoda indet.3 ornithopod
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.
 Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Pteraichnus vetustior n. sp.2
Pteraichnus vetustior n. sp.2 Meijide Fuentes 2001 pterosaur
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.1
Crocodylia indet.1 Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.1
Testudinata indet.1 Oppel 1811 turtle
1Hernández Medrano et al. 2006; 2Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009; 3Torcida Fernández-Baldor 2005