Also known as Sierra del Montsech, La Pedrera de Rubies
Where: Cataluña, Spain (42.0° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 11.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)
• "Upper Berriasian-Lower Barremian on the basis of ostracods... Nevertheless, it could be somewhat younger (Upper Hauterivian-Lower Barremian), on the basis of a work in progress on its charophytes"
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Primary reference: A. Lacasa Ruiz. 1989. Nuevo genero de ave fosil del yacimiento Neocomiense del Montsec (Provincia de Lerida, España) [new genus of fossil bird from the Neocomian locality of Montsec (Lerida province, Spain)]. Estudios geológicos 45(5-6):417-425 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85293: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.12.2008, edited by Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Amphibia | |
Neusibatrachus wilferti n. gen. n. sp.1
Neusibatrachus wilferti n. gen. n. sp.1 Seiffert 1972 frog FUB 33A, B - holotype (near complete skeleton preserved on two slabs as part and counterpart)
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"Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti n. gen. n. sp." = Meyasaurus crusafonti4, Meyasaurus faurai n. gen. n. sp.4
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| Aves | |
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Enantiornithes indet.6 Walker 1981 bird nestling specimen (LP-4450-IEI) not congeneric with Noguerornis
Noguerornis gonzalezi n. gen. n. sp. Lacasa Ruiz 1989 bird | |
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Llerdopteryx viai n. gen. n. sp.6
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"Alligatorium depereti n. sp." = Montsecosuchus depereti3
"Alligatorium depereti n. sp." = Montsecosuchus depereti3 Vidal 1915 crocodilian MGB-512 & 597 - type (nearly complete skeleton)
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