Mina Esquirol-1: Early Maastrichtian, Spain
collected 2002–2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Pyrgulifera sp.
Meek 1877
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Marmi et al. 2009 | |||||||||
| molds | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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= Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Vila et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Solemys sp.
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996
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Marmi et al. 2009 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| IPS-23008 | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Sabalites cf. longirhachis
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Vila et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| B-FUM15, 16 | ||||||||||
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= Sabalites longirhachis
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Vila et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
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 Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tremp | Formation: | Grey Garumnian | ||
| Local section: | Fumanya | Local bed: | 12 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bottom of Tremp Fm., on top of Limestones (Bona Fm.), "Garumnian"; 4 track-bearing layers (12, 19, 22, 25 m); "Grès à Reptiles" Member. 2 track-bearing beds. | |||||
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" (also described as "marly limestone" unit). | |||
| 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: | 2002–2005 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fumanya | ||
| Database number: | 58521 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-10 12:27:00 | Last modified: | 2019-05-29 16:07:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-10 12:27:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13021. | ETE | J. Le Loeuff and A. Martínex-Rius. 1997. A titanosaurid megatracksite from the Maastrichtian of Catalonia (Spain). First European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology (Geological Museum, Copenhagen University), Geological Society of Denmark, Online Series 1:1-2 [M. Carrano/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] | |
| 32185 | ETE | J. Marmi, B. Vila, and A. Galobart. 2009. Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence for a semi-aquatic lifestyle. Cretaceous Research 30:1307-1312 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 55400 | B. Vila, R. Gaete, A. Galobart, O. Oms, J. Peralba and J. Escuer. 2006. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios y otros tetrápodos continentales en los Pirineos sur-centrales y orientales: resultados preliminares [New discoveries of dinosaurs and other continental tetrapods in the south-central and eastern Pyrenees: preliminary results]. III Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Actas:365-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55577 | B. Vila, A. Galobart, and O. Oms. 2005. Nuevos yacimientos con huellas de dinosaurio en el Cretácico Superior del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Fm. Tremp, Pirineo Suroriental) [New localities with dinosaur tracks in the Upper Cretaceous of the Vallcebre syncline (Tremp Fm., southeastern Pyrenees)]. In G. Meléndez, C. Martínez-Pérez, S. Ros, H. Botella, & P. Plasencia (eds.), Miscelánea Paleontológica 6:415-425 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81353 | B. Vila, J. Marmi, S. Villalba-Breva and C. Martín-Closas. 2013. Reconstructing the environment and foraging behaviour of the latest titanosaur herds (Fumanya tracksite, NE Spain). In F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor & P. Huerta (ed.), VI Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno. Libro de Resúmenes 132-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |
| 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] |