A New Lower Cretaceous Vertebrate Bonebed Near Ariño (Teruel, Aragón, Spain); Found and Managed in a Joint Collaboration Between a Mining Company and a Palaeontological Park

Alcalá, Luís; Espílez, Eduardo; Mampel, Luis; Kirkland, James I.; Ortiga, Manuel; Rubio, Diego; González, Ana Lucía Mora; Ayala, D D; Cobos, Alberto; Royo–Torres, Rafael; Gascó, Francisco de Paula Blasco; Pesquero, María Dolores

doi:10.1007/s12371-012-0068-y

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“…Nevertheless, in recent years the situation has changed, with the description of new taxa in the Lower Cretaceous (Buscalioni et al, 2013) and Upper Cretaceous (Puértolas et al, 2011;Puértolas-Pascual et al, 2014) providing significant phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical results. The Lower Cretaceous is a geological range of great importance in reconstructing the radiation of advanced neosuchians and the origin of Eusuchia (Buscalioni et al, 2003;Salisbury et al, 2006;Martin and Delfino, 2010).…”

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New material from a huge specimen of "Anteophthalmosuchus" cf. "escuchae" (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications

Puértolas-Pascual¹,

Canudo²,

Sender³

2015

Journal of Iberian Geology

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In 2011 the partial skeleton of a goniopholidid crocodylomorph was recovered in the ENDESA coal mine Mina Corta Barrabasa (Escucha Formation, lower Albian), located in the municipality of Andorra (Teruel, Spain). This new goniopholidid material is represented by abundant postcranial and fragmentary cranial bones. The study of these remains coincides with a recent description in 2013 of at least two new species of goniopholidids in the palaeontological site of Mina Santa María in Ariño (Teruel), also in the Escucha Formation. These species are Anteophthalmosuchus escuchae, Hulkepholis plotos and an undetermined goniopholidid, AR-1-3422. In the present paper, we describe the postcranial and cranial bones of the goniopholidid from Mina Corta Barrabasa and compare it with the species from Mina Santa María. For the first time, we include the taxa from the Escucha Formation in a phylogenetic analysis to establish their relationships within Goniopholididae, adding to what is known of the goniopholidid fossil assemblages from this time interval. The results indicate that the specimen from Mina Corta Barrabasa is closely related to Anteophthalmosuchus escuchae and may be the same species. Together with Hulkepholis plotos and other taxa from England and Belgium, these taxa form an endemic European clade. The Escucha Fm. goniopholidids are the youngest Eurasian members of the group and may be the youngest globally, depending on how North American taxa are eventually resolved.

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“…In recent years there has been a breakthrough in the understanding of Albian vertebrate assemblages due to the sites found in coal mines Alcalá et al, 2012;McDonald et al, 2012;Buscalioni et al, 2013;. These assemblages include the presence of crocodylomorphs.…”

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New material from a huge specimen of "Anteophthalmosuchus" cf. "escuchae" (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications

Puértolas-Pascual¹,

Canudo²,

Sender³

2015

Journal of Iberian Geology

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“…The Ariño amber outcrop is in the Santa María opencast mine near Ariño (Teruel, Spain), which has provided a diverse fossil record from the bonebed layer AR-1, including coprolites, algae, plants, molluscs, ostracods, fish, turtles, crocodiles and dinosaurs 56 , and is the type-locality of nine new taxa to date. This layer, belonging to the Middle Member of the Escucha Formation, has been dated as early Albian based on the charophyte assemblage 57 and related to a freshwater swamp plain in a deltaic-estuarine system with salinity variations due to marine inputs under subtropical-tropical climate conditions 58 .…”

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Cretaceous amniote integuments recorded through a taphonomic process unique to resins

Álvarez-Parra

Delclòs

Solórzano-Kraemer

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Fossil records of vertebrate integuments are relatively common in both rocks, as compressions, and amber, as inclusions. The integument remains, mainly the Mesozoic ones, are of great interest due to the panoply of palaeobiological information they can provide. We describe two Spanish Cretaceous amber pieces that are of taphonomic importance, one bearing avian dinosaur feather remains and the other, mammalian hair. The preserved feather remains originated from an avian dinosaur resting in contact with a stalactite-shaped resin emission for the time it took for the fresh resin to harden. The second piece shows three hair strands recorded on a surface of desiccation, with the characteristic scale pattern exceptionally well preserved and the strands aligned together, which can be considered the record of a tuft. These assemblages were recorded through a rare biostratinomic process we call “pull off vestiture” that is different from the typical resin entrapment and embedding of organisms and biological remains, and unique to resins. The peculiarity of this process is supported by actualistic observations using sticky traps in Madagascar. Lastly, we reinterpret some exceptional records from the literature in the light of that process, thus bringing new insight to the taphonomic and palaeoecological understanding of the circumstances of their origins.

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“…Additionally, systematic monitoring would also permit the consideration of either the translocation of these features to a museum or their copy. Alcalá et al (2012) report a successful example of this type of management proposal. In this paper, they note the conciliation between provisioning and heritage uses achieved in a mining exploitation in Teruel (Spain), where relevant collections of dinosaur fossils were being created from the material extracted from the mine.…”

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Anthropic Threats to Geological Heritage: Characterization and Management: A Case Study in the Dinosaur Tracksites of La Rioja (Spain)

2015

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This paper focuses on the management of geological heritage and particularly on the anthropic activities that stress these geological sites. Anthropic threats to geoheritage arise from two main sources: public use and the anthropic vulnerability of a geosite. Threats from public use include mining, quarrying, infrastructure construction, conflicts with other territorial uses, and possible conflicts with other types of natural or cultural heritages. Anthropic vulnerability comprises threats raised from the scientific, educational, and recreational uses of the geosites, as well as collecting and vandalism. All of these threats are discussed through the study case of the paleontological sites in La Rioja (Spain) where significant Cretaceous dinosaur footprints occur. The categorization and analysis of several cases allow for the discussion and proposal of diverse management strategies. The solutions provided derive from a management philosophy based on two basic principles: prevention and monitoring. These two premises entail changes both in the conservation of geological heritage and in general environmental management.

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A New Lower Cretaceous Vertebrate Bonebed Near Ariño (Teruel, Aragón, Spain); Found and Managed in a Joint Collaboration Between a Mining Company and a Palaeontological Park

Cited by 23 publications

References 35 publications

New material from a huge specimen of "Anteophthalmosuchus" cf. "escuchae" (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications

New material from a huge specimen of "Anteophthalmosuchus" cf. "escuchae" (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications

Cretaceous amniote integuments recorded through a taphonomic process unique to resins

Anthropic Threats to Geological Heritage: Characterization and Management: A Case Study in the Dinosaur Tracksites of La Rioja (Spain)

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