Barranca de Abad, Mirambel (Cretaceous to of Spain)

Also known as Barranco de Abad

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.6° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mirambel Formation, Early/Lower Barremian to Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by L. Viera

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. I. Viera. 1991. Restos de Iguanodóntidos (Reptilia, Ornithopoda) en el Hauteriviense inferior marino de Mirambel (Teruel, España) [Remains of iguanodontids (Reptilia, Ornithopoda) in the marine lower Hauterivian of Mirambel (Teruel, Spain)]. Munibe 43:37-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89266: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819 clam
internal molds
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Styracosterna indet. Sereno 1986 ornithopod
4 caudal vertebrae, 2 pedal phalanges
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833