Chera 1c (Cretaceous to of Spain)

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.6° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 0.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sierra Perenchiza Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• Company & Szentesi (2012) list this formation as late Campanian to early Maastrichtian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; silty, carbonaceous marl and lime mudstone

• "The formation is composed of fresh-water carbonate marls and limestones. The taxa collected and the sedimentological traits suggest a swamp or lacustrine environment"

Size class: macrofossils

• Humerus fragment

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Suñer, B. Poza, B. Vila and A. Santos-Cubedos. 2008. Síntesis del registro fósil de dinosaurios en el Este de la Península Ibérica [Synthesis of the fossil record of dinosaurs in the eastern Iberian Peninsula]. Palaeontologica Nova 8:397-420 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96460: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

• Lepisosteidae, Lissamphibia, Squamata indet.
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Lirainosaurus cf. astibiae Sanz et al. 1999 sauropod
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar