Barranca de Abad, Mirambel: Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian, Spain
collected by L. Viera

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis Hooley 1925
6 specimens
4 caudal vertebrae, 2 pedal phalanges
    = Iguanodontoidea indet. Hay 1902
Paul 2008
    = Styracosterna indet. Sereno 1986
Castanera et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819
internal molds
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragón County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 0.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 9.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mirambel
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:L. Viera
Metadata
Also known as:Barranco de Abad
Database number:89266
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-05-13 08:47:23 Last modified:2022-04-12 15:30:22
Access level:the public Released:2009-05-13 08:47:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52652. L. I. Viera. 1991. Restos de Iguanodóntidos (Reptilia, Ornithopoda) en el Hauteriviense inferior marino de Mirambel (Teruel, España) [Remains of iguanodontids (Reptilia, Ornithopoda) in the marine lower Hauterivian of Mirambel (Teruel, Spain)]. Munibe 43:37-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

81314 D. Castanera, I. Díaz-Martínez, M. Moreno-Azanza, J. I. Canudo, and J. M. Gasca. 2016. An overview of the Lower Cretaceous dinosaur tracksites from the Mirambel Formation in the Iberian Range (NE Spain). In A. Khosla & S. G. Lucas (ed.), Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71:65-74 [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]
32089 G. S. Paul. 2008. A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species. Cretaceous Research 29(2):192-216 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
29947ETE J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 1998. Sobre las especies de Iguanodon (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) encontradas en el Cretácico inferior de España [On the species of Iguanodon (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) found in the Lower Cretaceous of Spain]. Geogaceta 24:275-278 [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]