Moli del Baró-1: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Spain
collected 2002, 2007, 2020–2011

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charales
Clavator brachycerus
Marmi et al. 2016
Charales - Characea
Peckichara cancellata
Marmi et al. 2016
Microchara nana
Marmi et al. 2016
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Saliciphyllum gaetei n. sp.
Marmi et al. 2016
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Sabalites longirhachis
Marmi et al. 2016
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5540, 5542
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5543, MdB28
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Piga et al. 2011
Hadrosauria indet. Horner 1990
Riera et al. 2009
Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923
1 individual
MCD 5089, ischium; maxilla, tibia, fibula; MCD-5282 (dentary); MCD5542, 5574–78 (teeth)
    = Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Suñer et al. 2008
    = Hadrosauroidea indet. Huene 1954
Blanco et al. 2015
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5033 and 5583
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5579
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5032, MCD5580
Reptilia - Theropoda
aff. Paronychodon sp. Cope 1876
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5581
Marmi et al. 2016
synonym of Paronychodon
MCD5582
Reptilia
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Vila et al. 2011 1 specimen
femur
Reptilia - Fusioolithidae
Megaloolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Sellés and Vila 2015
recombined as Fusioolithus baghensis
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Blanco et al. 2015
teeth
    = Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5560–5568
cf. Allodaposuchus sp. Nopcsa 1928
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5547–50, 54, 56
Allodaposuchus subjuniperus Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2013
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5559
Allodaposuchus palustris Blanco et al. 2014
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5557–58
Atoposauridae indet. (Gervais 1871)
Marmi et al. 2016
MCD5569–5570
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Anadromidae
Lychnus sp. Matheron 1832
Marmi et al. 2016
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Marmi et al. 2016
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Marmi et al. 2016
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Cataluña County:Lleida
Coordinates: 42.1° North, 1.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 0.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tremp Formation:Talarn
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the ‘lower red unit’
Talarn Formation; lower half of Chron C29r
Previously assigned to the Conques Formation, equivalent to the "lower Red Garumen" facies. The Conques Formation was previously assigned a late maastrichtian age (Sellés and Villa 2015; Villa et al. 2015) Biostratigraphy and Sr stable isotope geochemistry suggest that the La Posa and Conques Formation are entirely early Maastrichtian, lying within chron C31r (see Caus et al. 2016; Oms et al. 2016; Fondevilla et al. 2016; Fondevilla et al. 2019).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fluvial sandstone and conglomerate bodies (meander point bar and channel infilling) are common facies F5B: "Claystones and siltstones / Grey / Laminated / Abundant plant remains and sulphide accumulations, limited lateral continuity"
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: Fluvial, meandering river environment; oxbow lake
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:2002, 2007, 2020–2011
Metadata
Also known as:Molí del Baró-1, Molí de Baró
Database number:148950
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Tennant, P. Mannion, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-07-27 23:17:57 Last modified:2023-07-21 15:35:34
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-27 23:17:57
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:

56538 A. Blanco, J. M. Méndez, and J. Marmi. 2015. The fossil record of the uppermost Maastrichtian Reptile Sandstone (Tremp Formation, northeastern Iberian Peninsula). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 30(1):147-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56254 A. Blanco, A. Prieto-Márquez, and S. De Esteban-Trivigno. 2015. Diversity of hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island (European Archipelago) assessed from dentary morphology. Cretaceous Research 56:447-457 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68006 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2010. Tremp, la vallata degli ultimi dinosauri [Tremp, the valley of the last dinosaurs]. Natura Nascosta 40:7-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54956 F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Gaete, V. Riera, O. Oms, A. Prieto-Márquez, B. Vila, A. Garcia Sellés and A. Galobart. 2014. The hadrosaurid record in the Maastrichtian of the eastern Tremp Syncline (Northern Spain). In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 298-314 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
80599 E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76122 J. Marmi, A. Blanco, V. Fondevilla, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, A. G. Sellés, A. Vicente, C. Martín-Closas, O. Oms, and A. Galobart. 2016. The Molí del Baró-1 site, a diverse fossil assemblage from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the southern Pyrenees (north-eastern Iberia). Cretaceous Research 57:519-539 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
56064 G. Piga, A. Santos-Cubedo, A. Brunetti, M. Piccinini, A. Malgosa, E. Napolitano, and S. Enzo. 2011. A multi-technique approach by XRD, XRF, FT-IR to characterize the diagenesis of dinosaur bones from Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 310(1–2):92-107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
47749 A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
85350 V. Riera, O. Oms, R. Gaete and A. Galobart. 2009. The end-Cretaceous dinosaur succession in Europe: the Tremp Basin record (Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 283(3-4):160-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55401 A. G. Sellés and B. Vila. 2015. Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloolithid oospecies. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):125-139 [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]
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]