Puerto de Tazones tracksite: Kimmeridgian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Avanzini et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Pteraichnidae
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| Piñuela et al. 2007 | ||||||||||
| MUJA-0710, 95 prints | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| bipedal forms, theropod or ornithopod; 5 types (F to J) | ||||||||||
| Castanera et al. 2016 | 12 specimens | |||||||||
| MUJA-1899; generally very small | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eubrontidae
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cf. Megalosauripus sp.
Lessertisseur 1955
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Rauhut et al. 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| morphotype A; MUJA-1889 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Asturias | County: | Villaviciosa |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 5.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° North, 13.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lastres |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "gray sandstones" | |
| 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 (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Villaviciosa | ||
| Database number: | 94146 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Butler, J. Tennant, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-10 02:35:52 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-10 02:35:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63074. | J. C. García-Ramos and M. Valenzuela. 1977. Hallazgo de huellas de pisada de vertebrados en el Jurasico de la costa asturiana entre Gijon y Ribadesella [. Breviora Geologica Asturica 21(2):17-21 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 76503 | J. C. García-Ramos, L. Piñuela, and M. Avanzini. 2005. From babies to giants: extreme sizes in sauropod tracks: deltaic series of the Asturias Upper Jurassic (N Spain). International Symposium on Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates Palaeoichnology. Abstract Book 57-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63159 | J. C. García-Ramos and M. Valenzuela. 1977. Huellas de pisada de vertebrados (Dinosaurios y otros) en el Jurásico Superior de Asturias [Footprints of vertebrates (dinosaurs and others) in the Upper Jurassic of Asturias]. Estudios Geológicos 33(3):207-214 [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] | |
| 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] |