Fontllonga 6 (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Camarasa 6

Where: Cataluña, Spain (41.1° N, 1.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Figuerola Formation (Fontllonga Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• G. gansseri zone; lower part of Unit 2, approx. 25 m above base; lower part of chron 31R

•Also assigned to "lower red unit" of the Tremp Fm. and “Lower Red Garumnian”

•Revised to late Maastrichtian by Fondevilla et al. (2019)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; oncoidal, gray sandstone

• "grey oncolitic level"; "grey calcareous sands"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1990s, 2014–2015

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: M. Vianey-Liaud and N. López-Martínez. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1157-1171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36725: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.02.2004, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.5 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
vertebra
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ankylosauria indet.3 ankylosaur
teeth
 Theropoda -
Pseudogeckoolithus nodosus n. gen. n. sp. Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997 maniraptoran
FLL6-14, 17
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Dromaeosauridae "indet. 1"8 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
DPM-FON6-T1, tooth
? Dromaeosauridae indet.7 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
DPM-FON6-T2, tooth
 Theropoda -
Ageroolithus fontllongensis n. gen. n. sp. Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997 theropod
FLL6-1-6
  - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithus trempii6 Sellés et al. 2014 dinosaur
FLL6-15; "new genus and species"
Prismatoolithus tenuis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 dinosaur
FLL6-16, 18, 19, 60-96
Prismatoolithus aff. matellensis Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994 dinosaur
FLL6-11, 12; "n. sp."
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
FLL6-30-34, 50-55, 100-199, 221-424
cf. Megaloolithus aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 titanosaurid
FLL6-32, 53, 200-220
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet.4 crocodilian
teeth, isolated jaw
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
partial plastron and shell
Osteichthyes
 Chondrostei -
? Chondrostei indet.5 ray-finned fish
scute
Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodontidae indet.5 Sauvage 1875
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus sp.5 Rafinesque 1820 gar
 Holostei -
? Semionotiformes indet.5 Arambourg and Bertin 1958
"holosteans"
 Neopterygii -
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus ibericus n. sp.2 Kriwet et al. 2007 stingray
"rays"
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Igdabatis indicus2 Prasad and Cappetta 1993 eagle ray
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet.5 Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
unclassified
  -
Charophyta indet. Migula 1890
Septorella
  -
Septorella spp. Grambast 1962