La Matecasa, M-2: Early/Lower Berriasian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eubrontidae
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Megalosaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| M-2A, B | ||||||||||
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= Megalosauripus sp.
Lessertisseur 1955
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Barco et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Castilla y León | County: | Soria |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 2.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 8.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 1119 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 142.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bretun | ||
| Database number: | 61410 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-09 07:29:30 | Last modified: | 2023-01-05 15:03:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-09 07:29:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55024. | L. M. Aguirrezabala and L. I. Viera. 1980. Icnitas de dinosaurios en Bretun (Soria) [Dinosaur footprints in Bretun (Soria)]. Munibe 32(3–4):257-279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 17697 | ETE | J. I. Barco, J. I. Canudo, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2004. Presencia de la icnoasociación Megalosauripus-Therangospondus en el Barremiense (Cretácico inferior) de la Península Ibérica (Cuenca de Cameros, Soria): implicaciones paleobiogeograficas [Presence of the Megalosauripus-Therangospondus ichnoassociation in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian peninsula (Cameros Basin, Soria): paleobiogeographic implications]. Geo-Temas 6(5):15-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78325 | N. Hernández Medrano, C. Pascual Arribas, P. Latorre Macarrón and E. Sanz Pérez. 2006. Contribución de los yacimientos de icnitas sorianos al registro general de Cameros [Contribution of the Sorian track localities to the general registry of Cameros]. Zubía 23-24:79-120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78647 | J. J. Moratalla and J. Hernán. 2010. Probable palaeogeographic influences of the Lower Cretaceous Iberian rifting phase in the Eastern Cameros Basin (Spain) on dinosaur trackway orientations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295(1-2):116-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78697 | J. J. Moratalla, J. L. Sanz, and S. Jimenez. 1988. Multivariate analysis on Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints: discrimination between ornithopods and theropods. Geobios 21(4):395-408 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55588 | F. Pérez-Lorente. 2002. La distribución de yacimientos y de tipos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Cuenca de Cameroa (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, España) [The distribution of localities and types of dinosaur footprints in the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, Spain)]. Zubia Monográfico 14:191-210 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |