Where: Burgos, Spain (42.8° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 3.1° W)
When: Sobrepeña Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• middle to upper Maastrichtian
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl
•Stratigraphic figure depicts fossil bearing horizon near top of local section of Sobrepena Fm. about 7 meters below top of formation and 35 meters above base..
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: X. Murelaga, F. Garcia Garmilla, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2005. Primeros restos de vertebrados del Cretácico superior de Quecedo de Valdivielso (Burgos): First vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Quecedo de Valdivielso (Burgos). Geogaceta 37:195-198 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 181031: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.08.2016, edited by Philip Mannion
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Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian | |
Bothremydidae indet. sideneck turtle | |
Solemys sp. Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle |