Pinyes, Coll de Nargó [Grey]: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
collected by B. VIla et al. 2003–2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Cairanoolithidae
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Cairanoolithus sp.
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Escuer et al. 2006 | 53 specimens | ||||||||
| eggshells | ||||||||||
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= Cairanoolithus roussetensis
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Sellés et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| IPS-59016, IPS-59073 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithus cf. aureliensis
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Escuer et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Megaloolithus aureliensis
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Sellés et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Megaloolithus siruguei
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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75 individuals | |||||||||
| clutches | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña | County: | Lleida |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 1.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tremp | Formation: | Grey Garumnian | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 8 egg sites in 4 horizons within 8 m of section, grey unit. "Lower Tremp Fm."
'Lower Garumnian' = early Maastrichtian (Fondevilla et al. 2019) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,bioturbation,paleosol/pedogenic,very fine,fine,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fossils on upper surface of Facies B: "massive, highly bioturbated, very fine to fine-grained red sandstone" | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | B. VIla et al. | Collection dates: | 2003–2005 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Coll de Nargó | ||
| Database number: | 115193 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-30 07:57:36 | Last modified: | 2023-10-31 11:28:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-30 07:57:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55400. | B. Vila, R. Gaete, A. Galobart, O. Oms, J. Peralba and J. Escuer. 2006. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios y otros tetrápodos continentales en los Pirineos sur-centrales y orientales: resultados preliminares [New discoveries of dinosaurs and other continental tetrapods in the south-central and eastern Pyrenees: preliminary results]. III Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Actas:365-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 76544 | J. Escuer, X. Delclòs, F. Colombo, A. Bravo, J. Peralba, X. Martí, J. Ortega, R. Miquela, and C. Parellada. 2006. General distribution of dinosaur eggshells and clutches in the Upper Cretaceous of Coll de Nargó area (south-central Pyrenees, Spain). III International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs, Babies, and Developmental Biology. Ameghiniana 43(4 (suppl.)):17R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76262 | E. M. Hechenleitner, G. Grellet-Tinner, and L. E. Fiorelli. 2015. What do giant titanosaur dinosaurs and modern Australasian megapodes have in common?. PeerJ 3:e1341:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 46145 | A. G. Sellés, A. M. Bravo, X. Delclòs, F. Colombo, X. Martí, J. Ortega-Blanco, and C. Parellada Galobart. 2013. Dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of the Coll de Nargó area, Lleida Province, south-central Pyrenees, Spain: Oodiversity, biostratigraphy and their implications. Cretaceous Research 40(1):10-20 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Uhen] | |
| 76802 | A. G. Sellés and À Galobart. 2010. Cairanoolithid eggs from Pinyes site (Coll de Nargó area, Lleida Province, Spain): a preliminary review on its parataxonomic classification and implications. 8th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. Abstract Volume 76 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 86229 | A. G. Sellés and À Galobart. 2016. Reassessing the endemic European Upper Cretaceous dinosaur egg Cairanoolithus. Historical Biology 28(5):583-596 [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] | |
| 55124 | S. Val, R. García, and D. López. 2014. Preliminary results on the chemical preparation of dinosaur eggshells. Journal of Paleontological Techniques 13:29-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76548 | B. Vila, F. Jackson, Galobart, A. M. Bravo, and A. Garrido. 2006. Dinosaur eggs and clutches from Pinyes (Upper Cretaceous, southern Pyrenees) and comparison to Auca Mahuevo. III International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs, Babies, and Developmental Biology. Ameghiniana 43(4 (suppl.)):20R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 37307 | B. Vila, F. D. Jackson, and Galobart. 2010. First data on dinosaur eggs and clutches from Pinyes locality (Upper Cretaceous, southern Pyrenees). Ameghiniana 47(1):79-87 [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] |