Cerrada Roya (CRH): Early Barremian, Spain
collected by Herrero

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
"Holostei" indet. (Müller 1846)
Canudo et al. 1997
Actinopteri - Amiiformes
Canudo et al. 1997
    = Amiiformes indet. Hay 1929
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Canudo et al. 1997
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Actinopteri
"Teleostei" indet. Müller 1846
Canudo et al. 1997
    = Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Canudo et al. 1997
    = Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Canudo et al. 1997
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007 5 specimens
MPG P-CR(m)-1, MPG P-CR(m)-2, MPG P-CR(m)-3, MPG P-CR(m)-4, MPG P-CR(m)-5
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Canudo et al. 1997
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Canudo et al. 1997
Pérez-García and Murelaga 2012 1 specimen
Holotype: MPG/CR(m3), articulated antero-medial area of a caparace, retaining the complete first three dorsal vertebrae and the anterior half of the fourth and the dorsal half of the eighth cervical vertebra.
Reptilia - Dryosauridae
Sanz et al. 1987 1 specimen
CRH-1-1, femur
Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003
Galton 2009
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Canudo et al. 1997
Reptilia - Camarasauridae
Barco et al. 1999 1 specimen
Canudo et al. 2001
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Reptilia - Spinosauridae
Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007 4 specimens
MPG CR(m)-1, MPG CR(m)-2, MPG CR(m)-4, MPG CR(m)-6
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterodactyloidea indet. (Plieninger 1901)
Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007
Teeth, morphotype 2
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
    = Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007
Teeth, morphotypes 1 and 3
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Istiodactylidae
Istiodactylidae indet. Howse et al. 2001
Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007
Teeth, morphotype 4
Reptilia
Neosuchia sp. Clark 1988
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
1 individual
Buscalioni et al. 1984
CR 82 - housed in the Zoology Department, University Autonoma de Madrid - immature specimen including a complete skull and postcranial skeleton
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
    = aff. Theriosuchus sp. Owen 1878
Tennant et al. 2016
Reptilia - Squamata
Canudo et al. 1997
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Reptilia - Teiidae
Meyasaurus sp. Vidal 1915
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Ilerdaesaurus sp. Hoffstetter 1966
Canudo et al. 1997
Reptilia - Paramacellodidae
Richter 1994 5 specimens
P2-H 1-5, five tooth or crown fragments
Mammalia
Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2004
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eobaataridae
? Parendotherium sp. Crusafont-Pairó and Adrover 1966
Hahn and Hahn 2001 1 specimen
P-2.H-3 (m2) as 'Parentotherium vel Eobaatar'
Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Hahn and Hahn 1992 1 specimen
Y.H.-1 (holotype right ?p5)
Parendotherium herreroi Crusafont-Pairo and Adrover 1965
Hahn and Hahn 2001 5 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae
Hahn and Hahn 1992 1 specimen
P-2.H-5 (holotype i2)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° North, 22.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Camarillas
Local section:Galve Local bed:435 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 5-I is the lower of two sub-units (the other is 5-II).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: "The thickest unit is lithofacies 5, composed of mudstones, sandstones and conglomerates. The sandstones and gravels are found in channels which may be 8 m thick (Diaz et al. 1984).
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: "fluvially dominated channels.. low sinuosity channels with vertical acretion (Diaz et al. 1984)"
unidirectional currents
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated minor elements:all
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Herrero
Collection method comments: Material is in the J. M. Herrero collection (Galve).

Mudstones contain Unionids, and vertebrate remains, including archosaurs and fish teeth. Channels contain fragments of vertebrates and plant remains, occasionally silicified. It is unclear whether these taxa are present at the Cerrada Roya locality.
Metadata
Also known as:Teruel, Galve syncline, Cerrada Roya-Mina, Cerrada Roya Mina, La Mina
Database number:36368
Authorizer:J. Alroy, R. Benson, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, M. Carrano, R. Butler Enterer:R. Whatley, M. Carrano, R. Butler, P. Mannion, R. Benson, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-01-26 17:53:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-26 17:53:52
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
7242.5% 24760M. Diaz, A. Yébenes, A. Goy and J. L. Sanz. 1984. Landscapes inhabited by Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous archosaurs (Galve, Teruel, Spain). In W.-E. Reif & F. Westphal (ed.), Third Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers 67-72 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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31500 P. M. Galton. 2009. Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" - and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28(1):211-273 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
38866 G. Hahn and R. Hahn. 1992. Neue Multituberculaten-Zähne aus der Unter-Kreide (Barremium) von Spanien (Galve un Uña). Geologica et Palaeontologica 26:143-162 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
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43066 A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2012. Galvechelone lopezmartinezae gen. et sp. nov. a new cryptodiran turtle in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Palaeontology 55(5):937-944 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
46755 A. Pérez-García, T. Scheyer, and X. Murelaga. 2013. The turtles from the uppermost Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Galve (Iberian Range, Spain): anatomical, systematic, biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 44:64-82 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]
58341 A. Richter. 1994. Lacertilia aus der Unteren Kreide von Una und Galve (Spanien) und Anoual (Marokko). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe E 14:1-147 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
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