Collado Abeja, Galve: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
1 specimen
phalanx; possibly (MPG CA-1) from ref. 32167
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.5° North, 8.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1168 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Arzobispo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: above levels of Cuesta Lonsal site

Age of Villar del Arzobispo Formation constrained to Kimmeridgian-Tithonian by Campos-Soto et al. (2017), rather than Tithonian-Berriasian of older literature
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Collado de la Abeja
Database number:58766
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-02-23 13:48:21 Last modified:2019-01-25 07:58:28
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-23 13:48:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17666.ETE J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and R. Royo-Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (ed.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology. Programme and Abstracts. Field Guide 22-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

17673ETE J. L. Barco. 2005. Estudio y comparación del esqueleto axial de un saurópodo (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) procedente de la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Titónico-Berriasiense) de Galve, Teruel [Study and comparison of the axial skeleton of a sauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Galve, Teruel]. Treballs del Museu de Geología de Barcelona 13:15-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16674ETE J. I. Canudo, M. Aurell, J. L. Barco, G. Cuenca-Bescós, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2005. Los dinosaurios de la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Titónico medio–Berriasiense inferior) en Galve (Teruel) [The dinosaurs of the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (middle Tithonian–lower Berriasian) in Galve (Teruel)]. Geogaceta 38:39-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53564 J. I. Canudo, J. L. Barco, R. Royo-Torres and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2001. Los saurópodos (Dinosauria) del Tithónico (Jurásico Superior) y del Cretácico de Aragón [The sauropoda (Dinosauria) from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) and Cretaceous of Aragón]. I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Actas:309-318 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19463 R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2006. A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. Science 314:1925-1927 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
19754ETE J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, M. Aurell, B. Bádenas, J. L. Barco, G. Cuenca-Bescós, and J. Ipas. 2004. Estado de las investigaciones sobre los vertebrados del Jurásico Superior y Cretácico Interior de Galve (Teruel) [State of the investigations into the vertebrates of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel)]. Estudios Geológicos 60:179-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
32167ETE B. Sánchez-Hernández, M. J. Benton, and D. Naish. 2007. Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of the Galve area, NE Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:180-215 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]