Tazones W-1, Villaviciosa (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 6.9° 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: deltaic; gray marl

• "gray marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Veigas in 1995

• discovered by David Veigas

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. Piñuela, and J. C. García-Ramos. 2007. Una vértebra de un pequeño ornitópodo (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) del Kimmeridgiense (Formación Lastres) de Tazones (Villaviciosa, Asturias) [A vertebra from a small ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Kimmeridgian (Lastres Formation) of Tazones (Villaviciosa, Asturias)]. Geogaceta 42:81-86 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84233: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. ornithopod
MUJA-1302, vertebra