El VIllar-Poyales tracksite (EVP): Aptian, Spain
collected by L. Viera, L. Torres

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1993 16 individuals
trackways EVP G, K, L, N, O; tracks a–e, h–k
Viera and Torres 1979 9 individuals
bipedal, tridactyl trackways (31 tracks)
Casanovas Cladellas and Santafé Llopis 1971
Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1993
trackways EVP E, F, H, I, J, M
Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1993 2 individuals
trackways EVP A, D; plantigrade
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:La Rioja County:Navalsaz
Coordinates: 42.1° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.2° North, 23.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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 Formation:Villar Navalsaz
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 3 strata at this site; "Unit C/4m/13"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,micaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "muscovitic sandstones"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:many
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
Collectors:L. Viera, L. Torres
Metadata
Also known as:Arnedo, Logroño, Navalsaz
Database number:173561
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-10-02 11:19:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-10-02 11:19:49
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
56560. M. L. Casanovas Cladellas and J.-V. Santafé Llopis. 1971. Icnitas de reptiles mesozoicos en la provincia de Logroño [Mesozoic reptile footprints in Logroño province]. Acta Geològica Hispànica 6(5):139-142 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

82509 M. L. Casanovas, A. Fernández, F. Pérez-Lorente and J. V. Santafé. 1998. Ocho nuevos yacimientos de huellas de dinosaurio [Eight new dinosaur footprint sites]. Zubía 16:117-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78670 M. L. Casanovas Cladellas, R. Ezquerra Miguel, A. Fernández Ortega, F. Pérez-Lorente, J. V. Santafé Llopis and F. Torcida Fernández. 1993. Icnitas digitígradas y plantígradas de dinosaurios en el afloramiento de El Villar-Poyales (La Rioja, España) [Digitigrade and plantigrade dinosaur tracks in the El Villar-Poyales outrop (La Rioja, Spain)]. Zubía 5:135-163 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55394 E. García-Ortiz and F. Pérez-Lorente. 2014. Palaeoecological inferences about dinosaur gregarious behaviour based on the study of tracksites from La Rioja area in the Cameros Basin (Lower Cretaceous, Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology 40(1):113-127 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
69201 M. Melero Rubio and F. Pérez-Lorente. 2011. Huellas en las obras. Reconocimiento y estudio de huellas fósiles de dinosaurio en las obras de la presa de Enciso (La Rioja. España) [Footprints in the works. Recognition and study of fossil dinosaur footprints in the works of the Enciso dam (La Rioja. Spain)]. Zubía 29:31-60 [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]
55588 F. Pérez-Lorente. 2002. La distribución de yacimientos y de tipos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Cuenca de Cameroa (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, España) [The distribution of localities and types of dinosaur footprints in the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Burgos, Soria, Spain)]. Zubia Monográfico 14:191-210 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82174 F. Pérez-Lorente. 2015. Dinosaur Footprints and Trackways of La Rioja 1-363 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78660 F. Perez-Lorente and M. M. Romero Molina. 2001. Icnitas terópodas del Cretácico Inferior de La Rioja (España) [Theropod footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of La Rioja (Spain)]. Zubía 19:115-138 [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]
56569 L. I. Viera and J. A. Torres. 1979. El Weáldico de la zona de Enciso (Sierra de los Cameros) y su fauna de grandes reptiles [The Wealden of the Enciso zone (Sierra de los Cameros) and its large reptile fauna]. Munibe 31(1–2):141-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]