Arroyo de la Escalera, Villaviciosa (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lastres Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, L. Piñuela and J. C. García-Ramos. 2007. Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias [Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 95-97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84207: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
MUJA-1217, tooth
 Avetheropoda -
? Carnosauria indet.2 Huene 1920 carnosaur
MUJA-1220, tooth
 Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Dacentrurinae indet.1 Olshevsky and Ford 1993 ornithischian
Cervical and dorsal vertebrae, ribs
 Loricata -
Machimosaurus hugii3 Meyer 1837 marine crocodile
MUJA-1298, tooth