Playa de la Vega, Ribadesella: Kimmeridgian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| quadrupedal dinosaur footprints | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Megalosauridae
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? Ceratosauria indet.
(Marsh 1884)
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Canudo and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| caudal vertebra, MUJA-1913 | ||||||||||
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= Megalosauridae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Megalosauri | ||||||||||
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth, MUJA-1226 | ||||||||||
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= Megalosauridae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Megalosauri | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth, MUJA-1018 | ||||||||||
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= ? Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| caudal vertebra, MUJA-0650 | ||||||||||
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Asturias |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 7.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 18 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vega | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower half of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray calcareous conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grey bed of polygenic calcareous microconglomerate...passes upward to a cross-bedded sandstone." | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "channelised flows produced by extreme flooding events associated with heavy rainfall periods." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Playa de Vega | ||
| Database number: | 61312 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-05 06:29:00 | Last modified: | 2023-12-08 12:33:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-05 06:29:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 86738. | R. Martinez, J. C. García-Ramos, L. Piñuela, J. Lires, M. Luna and D. Veigas. 2000. Vértebras caudales de Sauropoda y Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia) del Jurásico superior de Asturias, España [Caudal vertebrae of Sauropoda and Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias, Spain]. In J. B. Diez & A. C. Balbino (ed.), Paleontologia em Portugal: História e Colaborações Espanha-Portugal. I Congresso Ibérico de Paleontología e XVI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología Abstracts:113-114 [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] |
| 76557 | L. Carcavilla, L. Piñuela, J. C. García-Ramos, G. Delvene, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2010. Incorporación de los yacimientos con huellas de dinosaurios del Jurásico asturiano (N España) en el inventario Global Geosites [Including the dinosaur tracksites from the Jurassic of Asturias (N Spain) within the Global Geosites inventory]. In J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. Piñuela, & J. C. García-Ramos (eds.), Comunicaciones del V Congreso del Jurásico de España 170-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67201 | O. W. M. Rauhut, L. Piñuela, D. Castanera, J.-C. García-Ramos, and I. Sánchez Cela. 2018. The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain. PeerJ 6:e4963:1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28200 | ETE | J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, L. Piñuela and J. C. García-Ramos. 2007. Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias [Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 95-97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 86794 | J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. Piñuela, J. C. García-Ramos and J. I. Canudo. 2009. Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias [Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias]. Actas de las IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno 273-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |