L'Abeller, Unit 3 (upper): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Richardoestesia-like" (ref 17647) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Fusioolithidae
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Megaloolithus pseudomamillare
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997
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| synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis | ||||||||||
| at least two nests with 5 eggs | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 0.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 0.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 448 meters | ||
| 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | wave ripples,"cross stratification",medium,gray,white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Upper sandstone body: medium-grained massive sandstones rich in fragments of eggshell showing large-scale cross-stratification...The body of sandstone shows a lobate form and pinches out onto the paleosol on top of the lower body of sandstone" facies F1A: "Medium-to very coarse-grained sandstones and calcarenites / Grey, whitish or yellowish / Large-scale cross or wavy bedding, wave ripples / Well sorted, mainly composed of quartz grains" | |
| Environment: | delta front |
| Geology comments: "Beach, barrier-island and delta" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Suterranya | ||
| Database number: | 38677 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-28 10:20:09 | Last modified: | 2023-07-21 16:05:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-28 10:20:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10378. | A. Prieto-Márquez, R. Gaete, A. Galobart and L. Ardèvol. 2001. A Richardoestesia-like theropod tooth from the Late Cretaceous foredeep, south-central Pyrenees, Spain. Eclogae Geologicae Helveticae 93:497-501 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/K. Maguire] |
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] |
| 68006 | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2010. Tremp, la vallata degli ultimi dinosauri [Tremp, the valley of the last dinosaurs]. Natura Nascosta 40:7-40 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |