Where: Castilla y Leon, Spain (42.7° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 0.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vitoria Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• separated from underlying S1U3 by an unconformity, level also called L1B
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; dolomitic, sandy limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: H. Astibia, E. Buffetaut, A. D. Buscalioni, H. Cappetta, C. Corral, R. Estes, F. Garcia-Garmilla, J. J. Jaeger, E. Jiminez-Fuentes, J. Le Loeuff, J. M. Mazin, X. Orue-Etexebarria, J. Pereda-Suberbiola, J. E. Powell, J. C. Rage, J. Rodriguez-Lazaro, J. L. Sanz and H. Tong. 1990. The fossil vertebrates from the Lano (Basque Country, Spain); new evidence on the composition and affinities of the Late Cretaceous continental faunas of Europe. Terra Nova 2:460-466 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28765: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 24.02.2003, edited by Matthew Carrano, Jonathan Tennant and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Madtsoia laurasiae" = Menarana laurasiae2
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Cretolamna sp., "Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretolamna sp. Glikman 1958 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Ganopristis leptodon Arambourg 1935 ray | |
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881 stingray |