Castillo-Lasarte: Late/Upper Campanian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Bardet et al. 1997 | |||||||||
| MCNA 1654, an isolated tooth | ||||||||||
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= Tylosaurus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Bardet et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Alava |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 0.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vitoria |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mosasaur locality | ||
| Database number: | 141931 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-03 02:18:44 | Last modified: | 2013-04-02 10:18:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-03 02:18:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46106. | N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J. C. Coral. 2006. A tylosaurine Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian region. Estudios Geológicos 62(1):213-218 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 46103 | N. Bardet, J. C. Corral, and X. Pereda Superbiola. 1997. Les mosasaures (Squamata) du Cretace Superieur du Bassin Basco-Cantabrique. Geobios 20:19-26 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] |