Los Cayos S tracksite: Late Barremian - Early Aptian, Spain
collected 2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
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| Moratalla and Hernán 2008 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Hernán Martínez 2018 | ||||||||||
| Pérez-Lorente 2015 | ||||||||||
| Moratalla et al. 2003 | ||||||||||
| Moratalla et al. 2003 | ||||||||||
| but possibly narrow-gauged | ||||||||||
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= Titanosaurimanus sp.
Dalla Vecchia and Tarlao 2000
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Moratalla and Hernán 2008 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 12 track-bearing levels; lowest of the Los Cayos sites | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,bioturbation,very fine,fine,ferruginous,quartzose wackestone |
| Secondary lithology: | bioturbation,ferruginous,shelly/skeletal sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: level S1: fine-grained sandstone; theropod trackway; "a quartzose, fine-grained graywacke with iron crusts and bioturbation." level S2–S3: fine, fairly massive sandstone with convex molds of bivalves; some doubtful tracks level S4: fine sandstone; theropod trackway; "fine-grained graywacke, massive, with iron crusts and abundant mottling." levels S5–S8: possible tracks level S9: sauropod track; "a graywacke, locally very quartzose, very fine-fine grained...incomplete shrinkage cracks, ferruginous crusts, bioturbation, and fragments of unidentified fossils" level S10: intensely dinoturbated fine-grained sandstone; "a fine sandy siltstone (locally graywacke) with iron crusts, bivalves, 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: | poor |
| 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 | Collection dates: | 2003 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LCS | ||
| Database number: | 85183 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-05 11:42:59 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-05 11:42:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28579. | ETE | J. J. Moratalla, J. L. Sanz, and S. Jiménez. 1988. Nueva evidencia icnologica de dinosaurios en el Cretácico Inferior de La Rioja (España) [New ichnological evidence of dinosaurs in the Lower Cretaceous of La Rioja (Spain)]. Estudios Geológicos 44:119-131 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 69056 | D. Castanera, V. F. Santos, L. Piñuela, C. Pascual, B. Vila, J. I. Canudo, and J. J. Moratalla. 2016. Iberian sauropod tracks through time: variations in sauropod manus and pes track morphologies. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 120-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78671 | J. Hernán and J. J. Moratalla. 2015. Estudio estratigráfico y de facies del yacimiento de icnitas de dinosaurios Sol de la Pita 1 en el Cretácico Inferior de la Cuenca de Cameros (Préjano, La Rioja, España) [Stratigraphic and facies study of the dinosaur tracksite Sol de la Pita 1 from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cameros Basin (Préjano, La Rioja, Spain)]. Boletín Geológico y Minero 125(4):437-454 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |
| 70568 | J. J. Moratalla and J. Hernán. 2008. Los Cayos S y D: dos afloramientos con icnitas de saurópodos, terópodos y ornitópodos en el Cretácico inferior del área de Los Cayos (Cornago, La Rioja, España) [Los Cayos S and D: two sites with sauropod, theropod and ornithopod tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of the Los Cayos area (Cornago, La Rioja, Spain)]. Estudios Geológicos 64(2):161-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78647 | J. J. Moratalla and J. Hernán. 2010. Probable palaeogeographic influences of the Lower Cretaceous Iberian rifting phase in the Eastern Cameros Basin (Spain) on dinosaur trackway orientations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295(1-2):116-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82174 | F. Pérez-Lorente. 2015. Dinosaur Footprints and Trackways of La Rioja 1-363 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |