Mina Esquirol-3: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
collected 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña | County: | Barcelona |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 1.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 1.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1550 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tremp | Formation: | Grey Garumnian | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bottom of Tremp Fm., on top of Maastrichtian Limestones (Bona Fm.), "Garumnian"; "Grès à Reptiles" Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination calcareous marl | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "silty detrital limestone", the "concrete level" with tracks is described as a "pale sandstone", infilled with "very finely laminated carbonate marls" | |||
| Environment: | delta plain | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: "brackish paleoenvironment"; also described as a "detritic limestone"; tracks on "an extensive transitional mudflat under a subtropical humid climate" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| 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: | 2012 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fumanya North | ||
| Database number: | 87104 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-04 12:37:28 | Last modified: | 2019-05-29 16:07:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-04 12:37:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29308. | ETE | B. Vila, O. Oms, J. Marmi and A. Galobart. 2008. Tracking Fumanya footprints (Maastrichtian, Pyrenees): historical and ichnological overview. Oryctos 8:115-130 [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] | |
| 55427 | B. Vila, O. Oms, A. Galobart, K. T. Bates, V. M. Egerton and P. L. Manning. 2013. Dynamic similarity in titanosaur sauropods: ichnological evidence from the Fumanya dinosaur tracksite (southern Pyrenees). PLoS ONE 8(2):e57408:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55314 | B. Vila, M. Suñer, B. Poza, J. Fortuny, E. Nieto and A. Galobart. 2011. The study of dinosaur fossils. In A. Galobart, M. Suñer, & B. Poza (eds.), Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia 101-129 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |