Los Cayos E 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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| Pérez-Lorente 2002 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| trackway with 9 tracks | ||||||||||
| Pérez-Lorente 2015 | ||||||||||
| 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: | desiccation cracks,wave ripples,bioturbation,very fine,fine,ferruginous wackestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a very fine-fine graywacke with abundant carbonate cement...ferruginous crusts, incomplete dessication cracks, symmetrical ripple-marks with straight crests oriented in the N180°E direction, fossil fragments, and bioturbation." | |
| Environment: | lacustrine prodelta |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LCE | ||
| Database number: | 85182 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-05 11:39:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-05 11:39:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 78697. | J. J. Moratalla, J. L. Sanz, and S. Jimenez. 1988. Multivariate analysis on Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints: discrimination between ornithopods and theropods. Geobios 21(4):395-408 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 28670 | ETE | J. J. Moratalla, J. Hernán, and S. Jiménez. 2003. Los Cayos dinosaur tracksite: an overview on the Lower Cretaceous ichno-diversity of the Cameros Basin (Cornago, La Rioja province, Spain). Ichnos 10:229-240 [M. Carrano/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] |