Poca (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as Galve

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.6° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• near top of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; quartzose claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. I. Canudo and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 1996. Two new mammalian teeth (Multituberculata and Peramura) from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Spain. Cretaceous Research 17:215-228 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89275: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.05.2009, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
"Paronychodontidae" indet.1
"paronychodons"; teeth
Reptilia
 Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Paramacellodidae indet.4 Estes 1983 squamates
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Helochelydridae indet.2 Nopcsa 1928 turtle
Fragments of carapace and plastron
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae indet.3 Cope 1868 turtle
Disarticulated plates
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
Atoposauridae indet.5 crocodilian
MPG POCA CA-9
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.5 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
MPG POCA-1, MPG POCA-2, MPG POCA-5, MPG POCA-12, MPG POCA-13, MPG POCA-14
Velociraptorinae indet.5 Barsbold 1983 maniraptoran
MPG POCA-3, MPG POCA-4, MPG POCA-18
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Baryonychinae indet.5 Charig and Milner 1986 tetanuran theropod
MPG POCA-6, MPG POCA-7, MPG POCA-14, MPG POCA-15, MPG POCA-18
 Ornithischia - Heterodontosauridae
Heterodontosauridae indet.5 Romer 1966 heterodontosaurid
MPG C7-15, MPG C7-16
 Saurischia -
Eusauropoda indet.5 Upchurch 1995 sauropod
MPG POCA-1 (also listed as Camarasauridae indet.)
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
 Dryolestida -
"Pocamus pepelui n. gen. n. sp." = Crusafontia cuencana
"Pocamus pepelui n. gen. n. sp." = Crusafontia cuencana Henkel and Krebs 1969 mammal
MPZ 95/173 (holotype right P5)
 Multituberculata - Pinheirodontidae
Lavocatia alfambrensis n. gen. n. sp.
Lavocatia alfambrensis n. gen. n. sp. Canudo and Cuenca-Bescós 1996 multituberculate
MPA 95/172 (holotype right P5 crown)
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens4
"Hybodus parvidens" = Polyacrodus parvidens4 Woodward 1916 elasmobranch