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Mirambel, Teruel, Aragon, Spain

Formation	Mirambel
Age:	130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Early Barremian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	4

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Ladruñán	Castellote, Teruel, Aragon, Spain	Mirambel
Ladruñán	Castellote, Teruel, Aragon, Spain	Mirambel
Landruñán-3	Teruel, Aragon, Spain	Mirambel
Masada del Chato 2	Castellote, Teruel, Aragon, Spain	Mirambel

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Allosauroidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Allosauroidea	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Carcharodontosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carcharodontosauridae	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Titanosauriformes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Macrurosaurus : Titanosauriformes	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Baryonychinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Spinosauridae : Suchosaurus : Baryonychinae	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Canudo J. I., Barco J. L., et al (2001) Los saurópodos (Dinosauria) del Tithónico (Jurásico Superior) y del Cretácico de Aragón [], I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno, Salas de Los Infantes, Burgos, Spain, September 1999 Actas, 309-318

Infante P., Canudo J. I., et al (2005) Primera evidencia de dinosaurios terópodos en la Formación Mirambel (Barremiense inferior, Cretácico Inferior) en Castellote, Teruel [First evidence of theropod dinosaurs in the Mirambel Formation (lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) in Castellote, Teruel], Geogaceta 38, 31-34

Gasca J. M., Canudo J. I., et al (2014) A large-bodied theropod (Tetanurae: Carcharodontosauria) from the Mirambel Formation (Barremian) of Spain, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 273 1, 13-23 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0413

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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