Pochancalo-1: Valanginian - Hauterivian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
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Semionotiformes indet.
Arambourg and Bertin 1958
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Allosauroidea indet.
Currie and Zhao 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPZ 2005/319 | ||||||||||
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheroolithidae
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Spheroolithidae indet.
Zhao 1979
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithidae indet.
(Zhao 1979)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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= Megaloolithus informal sp. 1
Mikhailov 1991
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Megaloolithus informal sp. 2
Mikhailov 1991
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Prismatoolithidae
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Prismatoolithidae indet.
Hirsch 1994
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Krokolithidae
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? Neosuchia indet.
Clark 1988
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| possibly also "neognath" type eggshells belong here | ||||||||||
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= Krokolithes sp.
Hirsch 1985
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Atoposauridae
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Atoposauridae indet.
(Gervais 1871)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Bernissartiidae
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Bernissartiidae indet.
(Dollo 1883)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholididae indet.
Cope 1875
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudoolithidae
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Testudoolithidae indet.
Hirsch 1996
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
| MPZ 2007/2219-2221, 2229-2234, 2247-2250 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Albionbaataridae
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Albionbaataridae indet.
Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom 1994
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Badiola et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= ? Albionbaataridae indet.
Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom 1994
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Badiola et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPZ 2010/858, an upper anterior tooth, provisionally identified as an upper canine with a premolariform morphology | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1834)
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Phaceloolithidae
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Phaceloolithidae indet.
Zeng and Zhang 1979
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Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Zaragoza |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 1.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° North, 8.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 670 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Valanginian - Hauterivian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Villanueva de Huerva | Member: | Section B | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle part of formation
Five main facies grouped in three differnt lithological units (A, B, and C) ahve been identified in the Villaneuva de Huerva Formation...Pochancalo-1...at the top of section B (Badiola et al. 2010) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The fossiliferous level consists of gray lutites deposited in a shallow lacustrine system during anoxic conditions (Badiola et al. 2012) | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
| Geology comments: "deposited during an anoxic period in a lacustrine system"; "part of an avulsion deposit (crevasse splay and crevasse channel) within a fluvial domain" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Rock censused: | 40 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Poch-1 | ||
| Database number: | 61330 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-05 11:46:27 | Last modified: | 2022-04-20 13:40:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-05 11:46:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17664. | ETE | P. Infante, J. I. Canudo, M. Aurell, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. M. Sender and S. A. Zamora. 2005. Primeros datos sobre los dinosaurios de Zaragoza (Theropoda, Valanginiense-Hauteriviense, Cretácico Inferior) [First data on the dinosaurs of Zaragoza (Theropoda, Valanginian-Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous)]. In E. Bernáldez, E. Mayoral & A. Guerreiro dos Santos (eds.), XXI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Gestión e Investigación de la Paleontología en el Siglo XXI, Sevilla, Spain. 119-120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 28224 | ETE | A. Badiola, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2007. Los fósiles de multituberculados del Hauteriviense y Barremiense de la Península Ibérica [The multituberculate fossils from the Hauterivian and Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 47-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 42710 | A. Badiola, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2012. New Early Cretaceous multituberculate mammals from the Iberian Peninsula. In P. Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems 409-433 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 28204 | ETE | M. Moreno-Azanza, J. I. Canudo, and J. M. Gasca. 2007. Primera evidencia de fragmentos de cáscara de huevo en el Valanginiense–Hauteriviense (Cretácico Inferior) de la Cordillera Ibérica (Zaragoza, España) [First evidence of eggshell fragments in the Valanginian–Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian Cordillera (Zaragoza, Spain)]. In: J. C. Braga, A. Checa, & M. Company (eds.), XXIII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, Libro de resúmenes. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España y Universidad de Granada. 171-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 28203 | ETE | M. Moreno-Azanza, J. M. Gasca, and J. I. Canudo. 2008. Fragmentos de cáscara de huevo del tipo básico Testudoide del Cretácico Inferior de Zaragoza (Formación Villanueva de Huerva, Hauteriviense–Valaginiense) [Fragments of eggshell of testudoid basic type from the Lower Cretaceous of Zaragoza (Villanueva de Huerva Formation, Hauterivian–Valanginian)]. Palaeontologica Nova 8:305-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 81392 | M. Moreno-Azanza, J. M. Gasca, I. Díaz-Martínez, B. Bauluz Lázaro, J. I. Canudo Sanagustín, A. Fernández, and F. Pérez-Lorente. 2016. A multi-ootaxic assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja; Northern Spain). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):305-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |