Los Cayos E2 tracksite: Late Barremian - Early Aptian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| isolated tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | La Rioja | County: | Cornago |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.4° North, 22.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 755 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late Barremian - Early Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77 - 119.57 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Enciso |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,bioturbation,fine,ferruginous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a massive, fine sandstone with abundant carbonate cement, iron crusts, mottling, and bioturbation." | |
| Environment: | lacustrine delta plain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| 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: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LCE2 | ||
| Database number: | 227096 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-09-06 12:40:51 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-09-06 12:40:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |