Vicari 4: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
collected 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Torices Hernández 2002 | |||||||||
| "fish scales and teeth" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Fusioolithidae
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Megaloolithus trempii
Moratalla 1998
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| synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Coelurosauria indet.
Huene 1914
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Torices Hernández 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| VIR-4-T5 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 4
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Torices Hernández 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| VIR-4-T6, VIR-4-T7, teeth | ||||||||||
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= cf. Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 4
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Torices et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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= ? Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Torices et al. 2015 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Batoidea
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Batoidea indet.
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Torices Hernández 2002 | |||||||||
| "ray teeth" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña | County: | Lleida |
| Coordinates: | 42.5° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 1.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 627 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Anomalinoides aegyptiacus |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: "dark marls" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1990s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36728 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-11 06:55:10 | Last modified: | 2023-07-21 16:15:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-11 06:55:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36723. | J. J. Moratalla. 1998. Spanish dinosaur eggs. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 26-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 17647 | ETE | J. I. Canudo and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2003. Los restos directos de dinosaurios teropódos (excluyendo Aves) en España [Direct remains of theropod dinosaurs (excluding Aves) in Spain]. Ciencias de la Tierra 26:347-373 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 80599 | E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61140 | N. López-Martínez. 2000. Eggshell sites from the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in south-central Pyrenees (Spain). In A. M. Bravo & T. Reyes (ed.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Extended Abstracts 95-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85350 | V. Riera, O. Oms, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2009. The end-Cretaceous dinosaur succession in Europe: the Tremp Basin record (Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 283(3-4):160-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55401 | A. G. Sellés and B. Vila. 2015. Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloolithid oospecies. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):125-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55386 | 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] | |
| 56091 | A. Torices, P. J. Currie, J. I. Canudo and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2015. Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees Basin of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):611-626 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 17618 | ETE | A. Torices, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo and N. López-Martínez. 2004. Nuevos datos sobre los dinosaurios terópodos (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Cretácico superior de los Pirineos Sur-Centrales (Huesca y Lleida) [New data on the theropod dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the south-central Pyrenées (Huesca and Lleida)]. Geo-Temas 6(5):71-74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 9837 | A. Torices Hernández. 2002. Los dinosaurios terópodos del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca de Tremp (Pirineos Sur-Centrales, Lleida). Coloquios de Paleontología 53:139-146 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55315 | B. Vila, M. Suñer, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. I. Canudo, B. Poza and A. Galobart. 2011. Saurischians through time. In A. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 130-168 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |