2 km east of Arroyo Cerezo (Jurassic of Spain)

Where: Valenciana, Spain (40.1° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• also listed as "Purbeckian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal carbonate

• "pisolte"; "compact marine carbonate, clear gray"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Gillain

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Found as a block that had fallen to the base of a barranco from the nearby cliffs

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent, M. Le Joncour, A. Mathieu and B. Plus. 1965. Découverte en Espagne d'empreintes de pas de Reptiles mésozoïques [Discovery of Mesozoic reptile footprints in Spain]. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Geológica 63:225-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74519: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
"small oysters"
Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
footprint of "a small dinosaur" - tridactyl
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin