Barranc de la Posa (layer 48): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Microcarpolithes indet.
Pseudocandona sp.
Marinula (Promarinula) sp.
Palaestoa isonae
? Ciclotus sp.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Charales - Characea
Peckichara coronata
unclassified
Harrisichara spp.
? Raskyella sp. Grambast and Grambast 1954
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
aff. Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella informal sp. 1 Adams 1850
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
"Physa" sp. Draparnaud 1801
Ostracoda
? Cyprinotus sp. Brady 1886
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cyprididae indet. Baird 1845
Cypris informal sp. 1 Müller 1776
Cypris informal sp. 2 Müller 1776
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
Bisulcocypris sp.
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus cf. mamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Sander et al. 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Cataluña
Coordinates: 42.1° North, 1.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 0.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arén
Local section:Barranco de la Posa Local bed:48
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "lignitic formation" older than limestones bearing Hippurites castroi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Barranco de la Posa, Barranco Posa
Database number:74527
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano, A. Murch
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-08-09 12:53:30 Last modified:2022-02-28 08:14:03
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-09 12:53:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52007. A. Liebau. 1973. El Maastrichtiense lagunar ("Garumniense") de Isona [The lagoonal Maastrichtian ("Garumnian") of Isona]. XIII Coloquio Europeo de Micropaleontología 87-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14221ETE K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27285ETE H. K. Erben, J. Hoefs, and K. H. Wedepohl. 1979. Paleobiological and isotopic studies of eggshells from a declining dinosaur species. Palaeontology 5(4):380-414 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69365 R. Kohring. 1989. Fossile Eierschalen aus dem Garumnium (Maastrichtium) von Bastus (Provinz Lerida, NE-Spanien) [Fossil eggshells from the Garumnian (Maastrichtian) of Bastus (Lerida province, NE Spain)]. Berliner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen A 106:267-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
51980 C. Llompart and S. Krauss. 1982. Restos de moluscos y dinosaurios en formaciones estromatolíticas garumnienses al S del Montsec (Prov. de Lérida) [Remains of molluscs and dinosaurs in Garumnian stromatolitic formations S of Montsec (Prov. of Lérida)]. Boletin Geológico y Minero 93(5):371-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13712ETE J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14887ETE P. M. Sander, C. Peitz, J. Gallemi and R. Cousin. 1998. Dinosaurs nesting on a red beach?. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris: Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 327:67-74 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]