Pochancalo-1: Valanginian - Hauterivian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Amphibia
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 1 specimen
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016
Reptilia
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheroolithidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 5 specimens
1 specimen
MPZ 2005/319
Reptilia - Phaceloolithidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016
Reptilia - Krokolithidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 1 specimen
possibly also "neognath" type eggshells belong here
    = Krokolithes sp. Hirsch 1985
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia - Atoposauridae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia - Bernissartiidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Reptilia - Testudoolithidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 13 specimens
MPZ 2007/2219-2221, 2229-2234, 2247-2250
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Albionbaataridae
Badiola et al. 2007 1 specimen
Badiola et al. 2012
MPZ 2010/858, an upper anterior tooth, provisionally identified as an upper canine with a premolariform morphology
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zaragoza
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 1.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.5° North, 20.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:670 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian - Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1 - Cretaceous 2
Key time interval: Valanginian - Hauterivian
Age range of interval: 137.05 - 125.77 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villanueva de Huerva Member:Section B
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: middle part of formation
Five main facies grouped in three differnt lithological units (A, B, and C) ahve been identified in the Villaneuva de Huerva Formation...Pochancalo-1...at the top of section B (Badiola et al. 2010)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The fossiliferous level consists of gray lutites deposited in a shallow lacustrine system during anoxic conditions (Badiola et al. 2012)
Environment:crevasse splay
Geology comments: "deposited during an anoxic period in a lacustrine system"; "part of an avulsion deposit (crevasse splay and crevasse channel) within a fluvial domain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:40 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Poch-1
Database number:61330
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-05 11:46:27 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-05 11:46:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
17664.ETE P. Infante, J. I. Canudo, M. Aurell, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. M. Sender and S. A. Zamora. 2005. Primeros datos sobre los dinosaurios de Zaragoza (Theropoda, Valanginiense-Hauteriviense, Cretácico Inferior) [First data on the dinosaurs of Zaragoza (Theropoda, Valanginian-Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous)]. In E. Bernáldez, E. Mayoral & A. Guerreiro dos Santos (eds.), XXI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Gestión e Investigación de la Paleontología en el Siglo XXI, Sevilla, Spain. 119-120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

28224ETE A. Badiola, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2007. Los fósiles de multituberculados del Hauteriviense y Barremiense de la Península Ibérica [The multituberculate fossils from the Hauterivian and Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 47-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42710 A. Badiola, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2012. New Early Cretaceous multituberculate mammals from the Iberian Peninsula. In P. Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems 409-433 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
28204ETE M. Moreno-Azanza, J. I. Canudo, and J. M. Gasca. 2007. Primera evidencia de fragmentos de cáscara de huevo en el Valanginiense–Hauteriviense (Cretácico Inferior) de la Cordillera Ibérica (Zaragoza, España) [First evidence of eggshell fragments in the Valanginian–Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian Cordillera (Zaragoza, Spain)]. In: J. C. Braga, A. Checa, & M. Company (eds.), XXIII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, Libro de resúmenes. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España y Universidad de Granada. 171-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28203ETE M. Moreno-Azanza, J. M. Gasca, and J. I. Canudo. 2008. Fragmentos de cáscara de huevo del tipo básico Testudoide del Cretácico Inferior de Zaragoza (Formación Villanueva de Huerva, Hauteriviense–Valaginiense) [Fragments of eggshell of testudoid basic type from the Lower Cretaceous of Zaragoza (Villanueva de Huerva Formation, Hauterivian–Valanginian)]. Palaeontologica Nova 8:305-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
81392 M. Moreno-Azanza, J. M. Gasca, I. Díaz-Martínez, B. Bauluz Lázaro, J. I. Canudo Sanagustín, A. Fernández, and F. Pérez-Lorente. 2016. A multi-ootaxic assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja; Northern Spain). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):305-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]