Barranco de la Paridera: Middle Callovian, Spain
collected by C. Gonzalbo, C. Laplana and M. Soria 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Maledictosuchus riclaensis n. gen., n. sp.
Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPZ 2001/130a – an almost complete skull and part of the lower jaw. MPZ 2001/130b, c, d – three vertebrae, preliminary identification is: one cervical, one dorsal, and a third for which the positional identification is indeterminate. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Zaragoza |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 1.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 9.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 400 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Callovian | Ammonoid zone: | Erymnoceras coronatum |
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | peloidal,shelly/skeletal,gray wackestone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The skull was discovered within a level of alternating grey-beige limestones and grey marlstones, in the upper part of the Ágreda Formation. The strata consist of tabular to nodulose, bioclastic and peloidal wackstone to wackstone-packstone facies." | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "shallow marine environment that was subtidal to intertidal" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Gonzalbo, C. Laplana and M. Soria | Collection dates: | 1994 |
| Collection method comments: MPZ: Museo Paleontológico de la Universidad de Zaragoza | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ricla 2 | ||
| Database number: | 138665 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-24 20:20:07 | Last modified: | 2021-04-15 12:53:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-24 20:20:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44419. | J. Parrilla-Bel, M. T. Young, M. Moreno-Azanza and J. I. Canudo. 2013. The first metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with implications for evolution of the subclade Rhacheosaurini. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54275 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 54778 | J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo. 2015. Postcranial elements of Maledictosuchus riclaensis (Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Spain. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):31-40 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |