Benageber (continental): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain
collected by J. M. Catalá, F. Beltrán, J. Royo y Gómez 1914–1927

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Royo y Goméz 1927
opalized trunks
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Beltrán 1920 1 specimen
tooth
Reptilia - Theropoda
cf. Megalosaurus dunkeri (Dames 1884)
Royo y Gomez 1927
"a stegosaurid similar to Megalosaurus dunkeri"
    = Megalosaurus cf. dunkeri Dames 1884
Bataller 1960
    = Megalosaurus dunkeri Dames 1884
Ruiz-Omeñaca and Pereda-Suberbiola 1999
"undescribed remains"
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Canudo and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2003
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Ruiz-Omeñaca and Pereda-Suberbiola 1999 1 specimen
tooth
    = Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Ruiz-Omeñaca and Pereda-Suberbiola 1999
Reptilia
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
Beltrán 1920 1 specimen
vertebra
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Royo y Goméz 1926 2 specimens
Reptilia - Cetiosauridae
cf. Cetiosaurus sp.
5 specimens
"similar to Cetiosaurus"; MNCN 66821, MNCN 68164 (distal femur), 59701 (distal radius), 59353-59354 (vertebrae)
    = Cetiosaurus informal n. sp.
Bataller 1960
    = ? Cetiosaurus sp. Owen 1841
Sanz 1984
    = Cetiosauridae indet. Lydekker 1888
Ruiz-Omeñaca and Pereda-Suberbiola 1999
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Royo y Goméz 1927
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Bataller 1960
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Beltrán 1920
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Royo y Gomez 1927
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Valenciana
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:871 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Wealdian" age, unknown formation; also described as "Purbeckian" (then = Tithonian)

From Campos-Soto et al. 2016: Specifically, the studied deposits crop out in the NW area of the basin, near Benagéber town (NW of Valencia province; Fig. 1) and correspond to the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Higueruelas, Villar del Arzobispo and Aldea de Cortés Fms (Fig. 2A). The presence of Alveosepta in the Villar del Arzobispo Fm suggests that at least part of this unit is Kimmeridgian, unlike the previously assigned Late Tithonian-Middle Berriasian age. Consequently, the underlying Higueruelas Fm, previously considered Tithonian, should not be younger than Kimmeridgian. Accordingly, sedimentation of the Aldea de Cortés Fm, previously considered Valanginian-Hauterivian, probably started during the Tithonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "sandstones and marls"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:J. M. Catalá, F. Beltrán, J. Royo y Gómez Collection dates:1914–1927
Metadata
Database number:61316
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-05 06:46:15 Last modified:2022-02-16 07:49:24
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-05 06:46:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18588.ETE J. Royo y Goméz. 1926. [Cuenta de los resultados que ha obtenido en algunos estudios paleontólogicos que está realizando] [Account of some results obtained in certain paleontological studies]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 26(1):162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

17673ETE J. L. Barco. 2005. Estudio y comparación del esqueleto axial de un saurópodo (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) procedente de la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Titónico-Berriasiense) de Galve, Teruel [Study and comparison of the axial skeleton of a sauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Galve, Teruel]. Treballs del Museu de Geología de Barcelona 13:15-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52727 J. B. Bataller. 1960. Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español [The vertebrates from the Spanish Cretaceous]. Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España 60:141-164 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65876 F. Beltrán. 1920. [Una excursión realizada a Morella encontró el piso vealdense con fósiles caracteristicos de dicha formación [An excusrion taken to Morella found the Wealdean level with characteristic fossils of this formation]. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 20:74 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79864 S. Campos-Soto, M. I. Benito, R. Mas, A. Cobos, P. Suarez-Gonzalez and I. E. Quijada. 2016. Revisiting the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of the NW South Iberian Basin: new ages and sedimentary environments. Journal of Iberian Geology 42(1):69-94 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
17647ETE 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]
54616 G. Cuenca-Bescós, O. Amo, J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, R. Royo-Torres and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 1999. Dinosaurios de Aragón [Dinosaurs of Aragon]. Zubía 17:235-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55204 A. Galobart, A. Santos-Cubedo, M. Suñer and J. I. Canudo. 2011. Paleontological discoveries and studies. In À. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25015ETE A. F. d. Lapparent. 1966. Nouveaux gisements de reptiles Mesozoiques en Espagne [New localities of Mesozoic reptiles in Spain]. Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España 84:103-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55587 A. Pérez Garcia, B. Sánchez Chillón, and F. Ortega. 2009. Aportaciones de José Royo y Gómez al conocimiento sobre los dinosaurios de España [Contributions of José Royo y Gómez to the knowledge of the dinosaurs of Spain]. Paleolusitana 1:339-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56558 J. Royo y Gómez. 1926. Los vertebrados del Cretácico Español de facies Weáldica [The vertebrates of the Spanish Cretaceous from the Wealden facies]. Boletin del Instituto Geológico de España 47:171-176 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18601ETE J. Royo y Goméz. 1926. [Dos enormes vértebras de Dinosaurio saurópodo] [Two enormous sauropod dinosaur vertebrae]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 26:317-318 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52133 J. Royo y Gomez. 1927. Sur le faciès wealdien d'Espagne [On the Wealden facies of Spain]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 47(3):125-128 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18599ETE J. Royo y Goméz. 1927. [Los resultados que ha obtenido en una excursión realizada durante las pasadas vacacaiones de Carnaval por las provincias de Castellón y Valencia] [The results obtained in an excursion made during the last Carnaval vacations in the provinces of Castellón and Valencia]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 27:113-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62681 J. Royo y Gómez. 1928. Les Vertébrés du Faciès Wealdien Espagnol [The vertebrates of the Spanish Wealden facies]. Congrès Géologique International, Comptes Rendus de la XIVe Session 4:2039-2042 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17680ETE J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 1999. Un documento inédito de Royo y Gómez sobre los dinosaurios del Levante [An unpublished document by Royo y Gómez on the dinosaurs of Levante]. Temas Geologico-Mineros ITGE 26:111-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56555 J. L. Sanz. 1984. Las faunas españolas de dinosaurios [The Spanish dinosaur faunas]. I Congreso Español de Geología, Segovia 497-506 [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]