Quintueles tracksite: Kimmeridgian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Archosauria indet. (Cope 1869)
Avanzini et al. 2007
3 additional morphotypes
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Castanera et al. 2016 1 individual
JVLCS-261, 262
Reptilia - Pteraichnidae
Pteraichnus sp. Stokes 1957
Piñuela et al. 2007
MUJA-1209-1211, tracks
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Avanzini et al. 2005
Tracks, left in situ
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Asturias County:Villaviciosa
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 5.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 6.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Lastres
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Quintes
Database number:94144
Authorizer:R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-02-10 02:30:38 Last modified:2023-03-09 11:54:01
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-10 02:30:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

83953. L. Piñuela, J. C. García-Ramos, and J. Lires. 2002. Huellas de dinoaurios avianos del Jurásico de Asturias [Avian dinosaur tracks in the Jurassic of Asturias]. Congreso Internacional sobre Dinosaurios y Otros Reptiles Mesozóicos de España. Resúmenes 48-49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

45227 M. Avanzini, J. C. Garcia-Ramos, J. Lires, M. Menegon, L. Pinuela and L. A. Fernandez. 2005. Turtle tracks from the Late Jurassic of Asturias, Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(4):743-755 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
43789 M. Avanzini, J. C. Garciia-Ramos, J. Lires, L. Pinuela, and M. G. Lockley. 2007. Crocodylomorph tracks from the Late Jurassic of Asturias (Spain). Ichnos 14:143-153 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
69056 D. Castanera, V. F. Santos, L. Piñuela, C. Pascual, B. Vila, J. I. Canudo, and J. J. Moratalla. 2016. Iberian sauropod tracks through time: variations in sauropod manus and pes track morphologies. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 120-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31983 L. Piñuela, J. C. Garcia-Ramos, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2007. Evidence of pterosaur tracks in the Late Jurassic of Asturias. Flugsaurier, the Wellnhofer pterosaur meeting, Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology 28 [R. Butler/R. Butler]