Los Corrales del Pelejón 2 (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Teruel, Galve syncline, Pelejón-2, PH-II

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.7° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: El Castellar Formation, Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• "Unit 3"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lime mudstone and lenticular, bioturbated, sandy siliciclastic

• "Unit 3 is characterized by the disappearance of the carbonate facies and predominance of mudstones. This is interpreted as a muddy intertidal flat deposit...Despite a large discontinuity existing within unit 3, or at its upper or lower boundaries, the intertidal facies can be integrated withing[sic].." terregenous delta-derived material prograding into a shallow lagoon (Diaz et al. 1987).
• Formed predominately of red limes, with rare thick lenses of terrigenous deposits (Molina and Yebenes 1987) Unit 3: "The coarser terrigenous material (fine to medium sand) is not typically channelized, but most frequently occurs in lenticular bedding and isolated dunes (Diaz et al. 1984)."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by J. M. Herrero, J. L. Sanz in 1984-1993

• Material is in the J. M. Herrero collection (Galve).

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, M. Aurell, B. Bádenas, J. L. Barco, G. Cuenca-Bescós, and J. Ipas. 2004. Estado de las investigaciones sobre los vertebrados del Jurásico Superior y Cretácico Interior de Galve (Teruel) [State of the investigations into the vertebrates of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel)]. Estudios Geológicos 60:179-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89871: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.06.2009, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834 pterosaur
Mammalia
 Dryolestida -
Crusafontia amoae
Crusafontia amoae Cuenca-Bescos et al. 2011 mammal
One upper right molar, MPZ Galve P−2 H4, from the site of Pelejón 2, probably M6 or M7, collected by José M. Herrero; described as Crusafontia cuencana and figured in Krebs (1993: fig. 2)