Colladico Blanco 2 (IPB) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Teruel

Where: Teruel, Spain (40.7° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: El Castellar Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; gray marl and fine-grained siliciclastic

• "This facies correspond to shallow coastal lagoon deposits, formed in fresh to brackish water (Diaz et al. 1987)"
• Unit 4 "is formed by sequences composed of marls and micrites with abundant Charophytes, Bivalves, Gastropods, fish teeth and vertebrate remains. Carbonate nodules frequently occur within the marls, and the micrites reveal desiccation features." (Diaz et al. 1984) See also Molina and Yebenes 1987.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67985: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.12.2006, edited by Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet.1 Seeley 1888 ornithischian
 Theropoda - Coeluridae
? Coeluridae indet. Marsh 1881 coelurid
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
 Loricata - Pholidosauridae
 Loricata -
cf. Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883 crocodilian
 Squamata -
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
 Caudata -
Caudata indet. salamander
Galverpeton ibericum n. gen. n. sp. Estes and Sanchíz 1982 salamander
IPS 5000
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Eodiscoglossus santonjae Villalta 1957 painted frog
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
"Holostei" indet. Müller 1846
ganoine-covered scales
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Teleostei -
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833
two forms
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens Woodward 1916 elasmobranch