PBDB Collection

La Maca 3, Galve: Early Barremian, Spain
collected by J. M. Herrero, D. D. Fernández-Galiano 1958–1959

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

	Unio sp. Philipsson 1788	Lapparent 1960
Reptilia

	Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850		1 individual
	= Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger 1881	Lapparent 1960
	= Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902	Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
	new genus
	= Delapparentia turolensis n. gen., n. sp. Ruiz-Omeñaca 2011	Ruiz-Omeñaca 2011
	MPT/I.G. - holotype (several cervical vertebrae, fragmentary remains of the dorsal and sacral series, several caudal vertebrae, fragments of cervical, dorsal and sternal ribs, fragments of chevrons and ossified tendons, and an incomplete left hip)

	? Allosauroidea indet. Currie and Zhao 1994	Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2005	2 specimens
	MPZ 2005/316-317
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

	Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969	Canudo and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2003	1 specimen
	MPZ 98/2
Reptilia - Crocodylia

	Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)	Lapparent 1960
	"crocodile"
Reptilia - Testudines

	Testudines indet. Batsch 1788	Lapparent 1960
	"turtle"
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

	Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832	Lapparent 1960
	= "Lepidotes" sp. Agassiz 1832	Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
see common names

Country:	Spain	State/province:	Aragón	County:	Teruel
Coordinates:	40.7° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	27.0° North, 22.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Altitude:	1168 meters
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Early Cretaceous
Stage:	Barremian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:	Early Barremian
Age range of interval:	125.77 - 121.4 m.y. ago

Formation:	Camarillas
Local section:	Galve	Local bed:	415 m
Local order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 3, middle part of formation

Primary lithology:	red claystone
Secondary lithology:	sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: "from the red clays subjacent to the sandstone banks"; "lutites"
Environment:	"floodplain"
Geology comments: floodplain deposits

Modes of preservation:	body
Degree of concentration:	dispersed
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:	some
Disassociated major elements:	some

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:	J. M. Herrero, D. D. Fernández-Galiano	Collection dates:	1958–1959
Collection method comments: Discovered by Herrero in 1958 and initially collected by him and Fernández-Galiano that year; Lapparent visited the site with Herrero, P. Atrián, and G. Gómez to further collect.

Also known as:	La Maca-3
Database number:	68489
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion	Enterer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2007-01-24 08:46:28	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-01-24 08:46:28
Creative Commons license:	CC0

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