Ababuj 1 tracksite (AB-1): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Barco 2005 1 individual
Theropoda or Ornithopoda
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Cobos et al. 2008
1AB-1
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
1 individual
3AB-1
cf. Deltapodus sp. Whyte and Romano 1995
Alcalá et al. 2012 1 individual
2AB-1
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 0.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.5° North, 8.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1280 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villar del Arzobispo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation

Age of Villar del Arzobispo Formation constrained to Kimmeridgian-Tithonian by Campos-Soto et al. (2017), rather than Tithonian-Berriasian of older literature
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:61333
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-05 14:29:09 Last modified:2021-11-10 15:57:29
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-05 14:29:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17666.ETE J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and R. Royo-Torres. 1999. Bones, teeth and tracks: about sauropod dinosaur remains from Aragón (northeastern Spain). In J. I. Canudo & G. Cuenca-Bescós (ed.), IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology. Programme and Abstracts. Field Guide 22-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

43268 L. Alcalá, A. Cobos, E. Espilez, F. Gascó, L. Mampel, C. Martín Escorza, and R. Royo-Torres. 2012. Icnitas de dinosaurios en la Formación Villar del Arzobispo de Ababuj (Teruel, España) [Dinosaur footprints from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation in Ababuj (Teruel, Spain)]. Geogaceta 51:35-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69025 L. Alcalá, M. G. Lockley, A. Cobos, L. Mampel, and R. Royo-Torres. 2016. Evaluating the dinosaur track record: an integrative approach to understanding the regional and global distribution, scientific importance, preservation, and management of tracksites. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 100-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17673ETE J. L. Barco. 2005. Estudio y comparación del esqueleto axial de un saurópodo (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) procedente de la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Titónico-Berriasiense) de Galve, Teruel [Study and comparison of the axial skeleton of a sauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Galve, Teruel]. Treballs del Museu de Geología de Barcelona 13:15-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53564 J. I. Canudo, J. L. Barco, R. Royo-Torres and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2001. Los saurópodos (Dinosauria) del Tithónico (Jurásico Superior) y del Cretácico de Aragón [The sauropoda (Dinosauria) from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) and Cretaceous of Aragón]. I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Actas:309-318 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
73949 A. Cobos, M. G. Lockley, F. Gascó, R. Royo-Torres, and L. Alcalá. 2014. Megatheropods as apex predators in the typically Jurassic ecosystems of the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Iberian Range, Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 399:31-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30760ETE A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, L. Alcalá, L. Luque, and A. Aberasturi. 2008. Nuevos datos de las icnitas de dinosaurios en la Formación Villar del Arzobispo (Teruel) [New data on the dinosaur ichnites in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Teruel)]. In J I Ruiz-Omeñaca, L Piñuela and J C García-Ramos (eds), XXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 15-18 October 2008, Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA), Colunga, Spain, Libro de Resúmenes 25-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54616 G. Cuenca-Bescós, O. Amo, J. L. Barco, J. I. Canudo, R. Royo-Torres and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 1999. Dinosaurios de Aragón [Dinosaurs of Aragon]. Zubía 17:235-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78590 L. Mampel, A. Cobos, L. Alcalá, L. Luque, and R. Royo-Torres. 2011. An integrated system of heritage management applied to dinosaur sites in Teruel (Aragón, Spain). Geoheritage 1(2-4):53-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55492 J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2002. Los dinosaurios del Jurásico y del Cretácico de la Cordillera Ibérica aragonesa [The Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs of the Aragonese Iberian Cordillera]. Actas del I Encuentro Nacional de Estudios sobre la Cordillera Ibérica (ciencias de la naturaleza) 119-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]