Olazti: Late/Upper Campanian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon cf. sectorius
(Cope 1871)
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| OIGM – LU 799 (skull fragment including articulated portions of the right maxilla (with three alveoli and two teeth), prefrontal, and possibly the anterior extremity of the right jugal) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Navarre |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 0.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vitoria | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Topmost part of the 250 m thick Vitoria Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Grey marlstones and silty marls | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Open-marine distal part of a northward prograding fluvio-deltaic siliciclastic succession | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Olazagutia | ||
| Database number: | 140632 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-13 03:31:17 | Last modified: | 2013-03-12 11:31:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-13 03:31:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45563. | N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, J.-C. Corral, J. I. Baceta, J. A. Torres, B. Botantz, and G. Martin. 2012. A skull fragment of the mosasaurid Prognathodon cf. sectorius from the Late Cretaceous of Navarre (Basque-Cantabrian Region). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(2):117-121 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |