San Vicente de Munilla I/II/III/IV/V tracksites: Aptian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
15 individuals
8 trackways; 7+ additional isolated tracks present
Hernán Martínez 2018
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
scales
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:La Rioja County:Munilla
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 2.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 23.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1000 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 3
Key time interval: Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Enciso
Local section:San Vicente Local bed:260 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine,fine,quartzose argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a siltstone with abundant organic material and quartz grains of very fine-fine size, floating in an argillaceous matrix"
Environment:lacustrine prodelta
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:1SV, 2SV, 3SV, 4SV, 5SV, SVM I, SVM II, SVM III, SVM IV, SVM V, Nivel 1, LPS, La Pasadilla
Database number:173546
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-10-01 16:52:15 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-10-01 16:52:15
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

56561. L. I. Viera and L. M. Aguirrezabala. 1982. El Weald de Munilla (La Rioja) y sus icnitas de dinosaurios (I) [The Wealden of Munilla (La Rioja) and its dinosaur footprints (I)]. Munibe 34(4):245-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

82548 F. J. Hernán Martínez. 2018. Estratigrafía y Sedimentología de las Formaciones con Icnitas de Dinosaurios del Grupo Enciso (Cameros, La RIoja, Aptiense). Memoria [Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Formations with Dinosaur Footprints from the Enciso Group (Cameros, La Rioja, Aptian). Memoir]. 1-490 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]
78077 C. Martín Escorza. 2001. Orientación de la huellas de dinosaurios en la Sierra de Cameros [Orientation of the dinosaur tracks in the Sierra de Cameros]. Zubía 19:139-163 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78647 J. J. Moratalla and J. Hernán. 2010. Probable palaeogeographic influences of the Lower Cretaceous Iberian rifting phase in the Eastern Cameros Basin (Spain) on dinosaur trackway orientations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295(1-2):116-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82174 F. Pérez-Lorente. 2015. Dinosaur Footprints and Trackways of La Rioja 1-363 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56555 J. L. Sanz. 1984. Las faunas españolas de dinosaurios [The Spanish dinosaur faunas]. I Congreso Español de Geología, Segovia 497-506 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]