Valdecevillo Este tracksite (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as VAE, East Valdecevillo

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.1° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Enciso Group, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• "Unit C/34sc/12-13"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; bioturbated, fine-grained, ferruginous, sandy, calcareous siltstone

• "fine sandy siltstone, locally graywacke, with little carbonate cement, mottled, bioturbated, fragments of fossils and Fe crusts"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. L. Casanovas, A. Fernández, F. Pérez-Lorente and J. V. Santafé. 1998. Ocho nuevos yacimientos de huellas de dinosaurio [Eight new dinosaur footprint sites]. Zubía 16:117-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 170638: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet., ? Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
trackway VAeB
? Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
tracks VAeD1–4
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet.
Carnosauria indet. carnosaur
trackway VAeA
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
trackway VAeC