Nuevos restos fósiles de vertebrados continentales en el Cretácico Superior de Álava (Región Vasco-Cantábrica): sistemática y posición estratigráfica

Recent field work in the Upper Cretaceous continental beds of the Basco-Cantabrian Region has yielded new vertebrate fossil remains. Both dinosaur and turtle bones have been recovered from fluviatile sediments (sub-unit B3 of Baceta et alv 1999) outcropping near Apellaniz and Korres localities (Izki...

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Autores: Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier, Murelaga, Xabier, Baceta, Juan Ignacio, Corral, J. C., Badiola, A., Astibia, H.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/10096
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dinosaurs
Turtles
Upper Cretaceous
Izkiz
Alava
Iberian Peninsula
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Sumario:Recent field work in the Upper Cretaceous continental beds of the Basco-Cantabrian Region has yielded new vertebrate fossil remains. Both dinosaur and turtle bones have been recovered from fluviatile sediments (sub-unit B3 of Baceta et alv 1999) outcropping near Apellaniz and Korres localities (Izkiz Mountains, eastern Alava). A fragmentary humerus from Apellaniz is referred to the Sauropoda as Titanosauridae indet., and a fragmentary turtle shell plate is assigned to the Bothremydidae as cf. Polysternon sp. (Pleurodira). Moreover, two vertebral centra of Ornithopoda indet., a scute fragment of Ankylosauria indet., and turtle shell plates of cf. Polysternon and an indeterminate solemydid (Cryptodira) are known in Korres. On the basis of both geological and palaeontological grounds, a late Campanian to early Maastrichtian age is likely for the Izkiz fauna