Uña: Late/Upper Barremian, Spain
collected by Krebs & Henkel 1965-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
1 specimen
ilium
Wealdenbatrachus jucarensis n. gen., n. sp. Fey 1988
IPFUB 101/U70 V - holotype
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
    = Celtedens megacephalus Costa 1864
McGowan 2002
Undescribed frontals
    = Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Gardner and Böhme 2008
n. sp.
Reptilia
Euornithopoda indet. Sereno 1986
Rauhut 2002 14 specimens
IPFUB Uña Or 1-10
cf. Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876
Rauhut 2002 47 specimens
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Velociraptorinae indet. Barsbold 1983
Rauhut 2002 67 specimens
Dromaeosaurinae indet. Matthew and Brown 1922
Rauhut 2002 37 specimens
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Rauhut 2002 47 specimens
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Rauhut 2002 1 specimen
IPFUB Uña Sd 1
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Reptilia
Lisboasaurus sp. Seiffert 1975
Schwarz and Fechner 2008 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Crocodyliformes
IPFUB Uña 70 I-N 2-3
Unasuchus reginae n. gen., n. sp. Brinkmann 1992
Theriosuchus ibericus n. sp. Brinkman 1992
recombined as Sabresuchus ibericus
Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Rauhut 2002
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Rage and Richter 1994
IPFUB Una 70/L.76, 63 (two vertebrae)
Reptilia
Cuencasaurus estesi n. gen., n. sp. Richter 1994
Richter 1994 1 specimen
IPFUB Una L. 141 (holotype), fragment of ?dentary with 5 teeth
Reptilia - Paramacellodidae
Paramacellodus sinuosus n. sp. Richter 1994
Richter 1994 1 specimen
IPFUB Una L. 90 (holotype), right dentary
Becklesius sp. Estes 1983
Richter 1994 1 specimen
IPFUB Una L. 7, left dentary different in morphology from B. cataphractus and B. hoffstetteri
Becklesius cataphractus n. sp. Richter 1994
Richter 1994 120 specimens
IPFUB Una L. 17a-17z (holotype), cranial and postcranial elements; IPFUB Una L. 465, L. 20b, L. 93, L. 96 and L. 531, five dentaries; IPFUB Una L. 595c, isolated tooth, IPFUB Una L. 50, maxilla; IPFUB Una L. 595b, 3 maxillary teeth, IPFUB Una L. 1, L. 235, two jugals, IPFUB Una L. 153, frontal bone, IPFUB Una L. 117, L. 468, parietals; IPFUB Una L. 2, pterygoid; IPFUB Una L. 304, scapulocoracoid; IPFUB Una L. 11a, interclavicle; IPFUB Una L. 304, ilium; plus unmentioned other bones and osteoderms
Reptilia
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
Richter 1994 6 specimens
IPFUB Una L. 893, premaxilla; IPFUB Una L. 513, coronoid; IPFUB Una L. 94/1, isolated teeth; IPFUB Una L. 558, right pelvic girdle; IPFUB Una L. 534, sacral vertebra; IPFUB Una L. 48, thoracic vertebra
? Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
Richter 1994 4 specimens
IPFUB Una L. 94/2, single tooth; IPFUB Una L. 177, skull roof bones; IPFUB Una L. 884, skull roof bones; IPFUB Una L. 43, interclavicle
Reptilia - Teiidae
Ilerdaesaurus unaensis n. sp.
    = Meyasaurus unaensis n. sp. Richter 1994
Richter 1994
Ilerdaesaurus synonymsed with Meyasaurus by Evans and Barbadillo (1996)
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Reptilia - Testudines
cf. Chelydroidea indet. Baur 1893
Reptilia - Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae indet. Cope 1868
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae
Galveodon nannothus Hahn and Hahn 1992
Hahn and Hahn 1992 2 specimens
"Uña 3" (i2) and CR(m)H-7 (p?3/4)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eobaataridae
Eobaatar hispanicus Hahn and Hahn 1992
4 specimens
"Uña 6" (p4); "Uña 4" (p1-2); "Uña 5" (p1-2); "Uña 7" (m1) (paratypes)
Mammalia - Dryolestida
Crusafontia cuencana n. gen., n. sp. Henkel and Krebs 1969
Henkel and Krebs 1969 2 specimens
"Uña 1" (holotype) and "Uña 2" (mandibles)
Mammalia - Pantotheria
Pantotheria sp. (Marsh 1880)
Kuhne and Crusafont-Pairo 1968
a molar tooth
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Microdon sp. Agassiz 1833
Kuhne and Crusafont-Pairo 1968
replaced by Polypsephis
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
18 specimens
IPFUB Uña Pyc 1–9, 11–14, 16–20
    = Anomoeodus nursalli n. sp. Kriwet 1999
Kriwet 1999
Coelodus informal sp. 1 Haeckel
Kriwet 1999 1 specimen
IPFUB Uña Pyc 15
Coelodus informal sp. 2 Haeckel
Kriwet 1999 1 specimen
IPFUB Uña Pyc 10
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypridea sp. Bosquet 1852
Mantelliana sp. Anderson 1966
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
coalified wood
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Cuenca
Coordinates: 40.2° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 8.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1130 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Huérguina
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: also called the "Uña Formation"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "carbonates and clastic rocks with interbedded coals", with fossils from "a lignite intercalated in limestones"
Environment:alluvial fan
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Krebs & Henkel Collection dates:1965-
Metadata
Database number:61319
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson, T. Cleary, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-05 07:10:29 Last modified:2022-09-27 19:56:56
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-05 07:10:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18607.ETE B. Krebs. 1995. The Barremian vertebrate locality Uña (province of Cuenca) materials for a comparison with Las Hoyas. II International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones, Extended Abstracts. Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 95-97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

67931 A. M. Báez and R. O. Gómez. 2019. Redescription of the overlooked basal frog Wealdenbatrachus reveals increased diversity among Early Cretaceous anurans. Cretaceous Research [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
17652ETE G. Cuenca-Bescós and J. I. Canudo. 2004. Los mamíferos del Cretácico inferior de España [Lower Cretaceous mammals from Spain]. Geo-Temas 6(5):35-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38866 G. Hahn and R. Hahn. 1992. Neue Multituberculaten-Zähne aus der Unter-Kreide (Barremium) von Spanien (Galve un Uña). Geologica et Palaeontologica 26:143-162 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
39392 S. Henkel and B. Krebs. 1969. Zwei Saugetier-Unterkiefer aus der Unteren Kreide von Una (Prov. Cuenca, Spanien). 1969:449-462 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
68724 J. Kriwet. 1999. Pycnodont fishes (Neopterygii, †Pycnodontiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Uña (E-Spain) with comments on branchial teeth in pycnodontid fishes. In G. Arratia & H.-P. Schultz (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 215-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39390 W. G. Kuhne and M. Crusafont-Pairo. 1968. Mamiferos del Wealdiense de Una, cerca de Cuenca. Acta Geologica Hispanica 3(5):133-134 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
42672 G. J. McGowan. 2002. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and Italy: a description and reconsideration of their systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(1):1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38033 J. -C. Rage and A. Richter. 1994. A snake from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Spain: the oldest known snake. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1994(9):561-565 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
17686ETE O. W. M. Rauhut. 2002. Dinosaur teeth from the Barremian of Uña, province of Cuenca, Spain. Cretaceous Research 23:255-263 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
33361ETE O. W. M. Rauhut. 2002. Micro-restos de dinosaurios del Cretácico Inferior de Uña, España [Micro-remains of dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Uña, Spain]. Ameghiniana 39(4, suppl.):16R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57776 A. Richter. 1994. Der problematische Lacertilier Ilerdaesaurus (Reptilia, Squamata) aus der Unter-Kreide von Una und Galve (Spanien). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe E 13:135-161 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
58341 A. Richter. 1994. Lacertilia aus der Unteren Kreide von Una und Galve (Spanien) und Anoual (Marokko). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe E 14:1-147 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
55500 J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and J. I. Canudo. 2003. Dinosaurios (Saurischia, Ornithischia) en el Barremiense (Cretácico Inferior) de la península Ibérica [Dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithischia) in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian peninsula]. In F. Pérez Lorente (ed.), Dinosaurios y Otros Reptiles Mesozóicos de España 269-312 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27187ETE D. Schwarz and R. Fechner. 2008. The first dentary of Lisboasaurus (Crocodylomorpha, ?Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Uña, Cuenca Province, Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):264-268 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82736 M. F. Wiechmann. 2000. Albanerpetontids from the Iberian peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):79A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]