La Castellana 2 (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

• Caudal vertebra, humerus

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

Primary reference: J. Company, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omenaca. 2009. Nuevos restos fosiles del dinosaurio Lirainosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano) de la Península Ibérica. Ameghiniana 46(2):391-405 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/F. Aspromonte]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96461: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

• Turtles, pterosaurs
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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Lirainosaurus cf. astibiae
Lirainosaurus cf. astibiae Sanz et al. 1999 sauropod
vertebra, humerus; MGUV 17096, 17243, 17552; CMPGC 49
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet.
Azhdarchidae indet. Nessov 1984 pterosaur
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Solemys sp.
Solemys sp. Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle