Senda Miravete 2: Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charales - Clavatoraceae
Clavatoraceae indet. Pia 1927
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes
Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes
Pycnodontiformes indet. Berg 1937
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithidae indet. Hirsch 1994
Reptilia - Spinosauridae
Baryonychidae indet. Charig and Milner 1986
1 specimen
SM-2/D1, tooth
    = Baryonychinae indet. Charig and Milner 1986
Gasca et al. 2008
Reptilia
Coelurosauria indet. (Huene 1914)
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Macroolithus sp. Zhao 1975
Reptilia
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881
Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Goniopholididae indet. Cope 1875
Reptilia - Atoposauridae
Atoposauridae indet. (Gervais 1871)
Reptilia - Bernissartiidae
Bernissartiidae indet. (Dollo 1883)
Reptilia - Krokolithidae
Krokolithes sp. Hirsch 1985
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia - Testudoolithidae
Testudoolithus sp. Hirsch 1996
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 9.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1234 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:El Castellar
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "an extensive, shallow carbonate lake"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Miravete de la Sierra, SM-2
Database number:84212
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-09-26 13:21:13 Last modified:2023-11-09 12:53:19
Access level:the public Released:2008-09-26 13:21:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28214.ETE J. M. Gasca, J. I. Canudo, and M. Moreno-Azanza. 2007. Restos de dinosaurios de la Formación El Castellar en Miravete de la Sierrra (Cretácico Inferior, Teruel, España) [Dinosaur remains from the El Castellar Formation at Miravete de la Sierra (Lower Cretaceous, Teruel, Spain)]. IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Spain 63-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

86382 J. M. Gasca, J. I. Canudo, and M. Moren-Azanza. 2009. ientes aislados de dinosaurio de la Formación El Castellar en Miravete de la Sierra (Cretácico Inferior, Teruel, España) [Isolated dinosaur teeth from the El Castellar Formation in Miravete de la Sierra (Lower Cretaceous, Teruel, Spain)]. Actas de las IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno. Salas de los Infantes, Burgos [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
86381 J. M. Gasca, I. Díaz-Martínez, M. Moreno-Azanza, J. I. Canudo, and A. Alonso. 2018. A hypertrophied ungual phalanx from the lower Barremian of Spain: implications for the diversity and palaeoecology of Spinosauridae (Theropoda) in Iberia. Cretaceous Research 84:141-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28210ETE J. M. Gasca, M. Moreno-Azanza, and J. I. Canudo. 2008. Dientes de dinosaurios teropódos espinosáuridos de la Formación El Castellar (Cretácico Inferior, Teruel) [Teeth of spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the El Castellar Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Teruel)]. Palaeontologica Nova 8:233-234 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
75801 E. Malafaia, J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, I. Narvaéz, and F. Ortega. 2020. An update of the spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) fossil record from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: distribution, diversity, and evolutionary history. Journal of Iberian Geology 46:431-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]