tunnel near Las Zabacheras: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain
collected by J. M. Herrero

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Tooth (IG specimen)
Sanz et al. 1987
Royo-Torres et al. 2014
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.7° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° North, 14.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6
Key time interval: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval: 154.8 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Arzobispo
Local section:Galve Local bed:Unit 3
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 3 has previously been suggested to be within the El Castellar Formation, and dated as Hauterivian–lower Barremian (see Canudo et al. 2012), but Royo-Torres et al. (2014) argue that Unit 3 is stratigraphically lower than the El Castellar Formation and belongs to the Villar del Arzobispo Formation, which is dated as upper Tithonian–lower Berriasian.

Most recently been placed in the lower section of the Galve Formation and assigned a probable late Berriasian–early Valanginian age (Aurell et al., 2016).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red lime mudstone
Secondary lithology:lenticular,current ripples,bioturbation sandy "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Formed predominately of red limes, with rare thick lenses of terrigenous deposits (Molina and Yebenes 1987) - described as "red clays" by Lapparent (1960). Unit 3: "The coarser terrigenous material (fine to medium sand) is not typically channelized, but most frequently occurs in lenticular bedding and isolated dunes (Diaz et al. 1984)."
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: "Unit 3 is characterized by the disappearance of the carbonate facies and predominance of mudstones. This is interpreted as a muddy intertidal flat deposit...Despite a large discontinuity existing within unit 3, or at its upper or lower boundaries, the intertidal facies can be integrated withing[sic].." terregenous delta-derived material prograding into a shallow lagoon (Diaz et al. 1987).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. M. Herrero
Metadata
Also known as:Teruel, Galve syncline; "Aragosaurus" tooth
Database number:157566
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-06-25 04:41:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-25 04:41:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
10326. J. L. Sanz. 1982. A sauropod dinosaur tooth from the Lower Cretaceous of Galve (province of Teruel, Spain). Géobios 15(6):943-949 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

51804 R. Royo-Torres, P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, R. Mas, A. Cobos, F. Gascó, L. Alcalá and J. L. Sanz. 2014. The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and stratigraphic position of the Tithonian–Berriasian Spanish sauropod dinosaur Aragosaurus ischiaticus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(3):623-655 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
72375% 24740J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, M. L. Casanovas and J. V. Santafe. 1984. The archosaur fauna from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain). In W.-E. Reif & F. Westphal (ed.), Third Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers 207-210 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Carrano]
72415% 17900J. L. Sanz, A. D. Buscalioni, M.-L. Casanovas and J.-V. Santafé. 1987. Dinosaurios del Cretácico inferior de Galve (Teruel, España) [Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain)]. Estudios Geologicos, Volumen Extraordinario Galve-Tremp 45-64 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Carrano]