Morella (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Valenciana, Spain (40.6° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arcillas de Morella Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• questionable formation assignment

•Villanueva-Amadoz et al. 2015: A Barremian age for this formation is established by its position below the Barremian – Aptian boundary, recently located based on ammonoids in the overlying Forcall Formation from the same sub-basin.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Vilanova in 1873

Primary reference: J. Vilanova. 1873. [Hallarse hace agun tiempo en posesion de únicos restos fósiles] [Found some time ago in possession of unique fossil remains]. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Actas de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural) 2:8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64408: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.09.2006, edited by Graeme Lloyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Morelladon beltrani n. gen. n. sp.1, "Iguanodon atherfieldensis" = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis3
Morelladon beltrani n. gen. n. sp.1 Gasulla et al. 2015 ornithopod
CMP-MS-0
"Iguanodon atherfieldensis" = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis3 Hooley 1925 ornithopod
long bones
 Theropoda -
? Theropoda indet.2 theropod
vertebra
 Saurischia -
? Sauropoda indet.2 sauropod
vertebra