Fumanya Nord (E-MUN05): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
collected by J. Llobet
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithus siruguei
Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nest with eggs | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 1.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 1550 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Magnetostratigraphy indicates an early Maastrichtian age for the site, within the C31r; layer is approximately 30 meters above the base of the Tremp Formation. Eggs from level E-MUN05. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "lutite" | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
| Geology comments: lacustrine-palustrine environment, as part of a more extensive lagoon | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | J. Llobet |
Metadata
| Database number: | 169280 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-05-14 15:12:54 | Last modified: | 2016-12-08 12:49:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-14 15:12:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61144. | A. M. Bravo, B. Vila, A. Galobart and O. Oms. 2005. Restos de huevos de dinosaurio en el Cretácico Superior del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Berguedà, provincia de Barcelona) [Remains of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of the Vellcebre syncline (Berguedà, Barcelona province)]. Revista Española de Paleontología Num.Ext.10:49-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 55204 | A. Galobart, A. Santos-Cubedo, M. Suñer and J. I. Canudo. 2011. Paleontological discoveries and studies. In À. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 55428 | B. Vila, V. Riera, A. M. Bravo, O. Oms, E. Vicens, R. Estrada, and A. Galobart. 2011. The chronology of dinosaur oospecies in south-western Europe: refinements from the Maastrichtian succession of the eastern Pyrenees. Cretaceous Research 32(3):378-386 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |