Aranzón cliffs, Villaviciosa (Jurassic of Spain)

Also known as Quintueles

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.5° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lastres Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 2007

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, L. Piñuela and J. C. García-Ramos. 2007. Dientes de dinosaurios carnívorous (Saurischia: Theropoda) del Jurásico Superior de Asturias [Teeth of carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 95-97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84206: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.1 Owen 1842 crocodilian
tooth
 Dinosauria -
? Dinosauria indet.1 Owen 1842 dinosaur
sacral vertebra?
 Ornithischia -
Dryomorpha indet.1 Sereno 1986 ornithopod
MUJA-0857; tooth
 Avetheropoda -
? Carnosauria indet.2 Huene 1920 carnosaur
tooth, MUJA-1225