Barranco de la Canal IX tracksite (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Nivel 2 Capa 6, BLC IX

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.2° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Nivel 2 Capa 6", "recalls" Nivel 3 afloramiento 6 from San Vicente de Munilla.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithology not reported

• "a fine quartzarenite, 10 cm thickness, with abundant carbonate cement...pentagonal desiccation cracks, Fe crusts, ostracods, and bioturbation."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Viera et al., PĂ©rez-Lorente in 1984, 2003

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. I. Viera, J. A. Torres, and L. M. Aguirrezabala. 1984. El Weald de Munilla (La Rioja) y sus icnitas de dinosaurios. (II) [The Wealden of Munilla (La Rioja) and its dinosaur footprints. (II)]. Munibe 36:3-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227099: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
22 trackways plus ~18 isolated
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar