Los Rincones, Yecla (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Fuente del Pinar

Where: Murcia, Spain (38.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arenas de Utrillas Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, medium, ferruginous, micaceous, green sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Barceló in 2001

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, A. Del Ramo and F. Guillén-Mondejar. 2004. Primera evidencia de restos de dinosaurio en Murcia (Cretácico Inferior, Albiense) [First evidence of dinosaur remains in Murcia (Lower Cretaceous, Albian). Geogaceta 35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 61266: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.06.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.1 bony fish
teeth
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.1 Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 sauropod
tracks
Titanosauriformes indet.1 Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod
RIN/1, similar to Brachiosauridae
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
? Goniopholididae indet.1 Cope 1875 crocodilian
"neosuchians, possibly goniopholids"
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
teeth
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Thalassinidae
Thalassinidae indet.1 Latreille 1983 decapod