Figuerola 2, Unit 1: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Spain
collected 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus ibericus
Kriwet et al. 2007
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Igdabatis cf. indicus
Prasad and Cappetta 1993
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FIG2-P-026 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cataluña |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 1.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 0.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 401 meters | ||
| 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
| Geological group: | Fontllonga | Formation: | La Maçana | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: at top of 70-m thick Unit 1, lower part of fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a dark grey marly bed above a thick oncolite level" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1990s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76211 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-16 07:36:35 | Last modified: | 2021-03-29 09:30:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-16 07:36:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25834. | ETE | J. Kriwet, R. Soler-Gijón, and N. López-Martínez. 2007. Neoselachians from the upper Campanian and lower Maatrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the southern Pyrenees, northern Spain. Palaeontology 50(5):1051-1071 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 55401 | A. G. Sellés and B. Vila. 2015. Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloolithid oospecies. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):125-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |