Restos fósiles de un cocodrilo marino en el Berriasiense inferior de la Unidad Intermedia del Cárceles-Carluco . Cordilleras Béticas. Sur de Bedmar (Jaén).
- G.A. de Gea
- A.D. Buscalioni
- R. Agudo
- P.A. Ruiz-Ortiz
ISSN: 1576-5172
Year of publication: 2001
Issue Title: XIV Congreso Nacional de Sedimentología, IV Congreso del Cretácico de España
Issue: 3
Pages: 201-204
Type: Article
More publications in: Geotemas (Madrid)
Abstract
Here we report the discovery of an unarticulated skeleton of a marine crocodile from the lower Berriasian of the Cârceles-Carluco Intermediate unit of the Betic External-Zones. The skeleton is enclosed into a nodular limestone, which shows oxides and lithofagous burrows in the bedding plane. The two families of marine crocodiles (Teleosauridae and Metriorhynchidae) have been found in littoral environments, reinforcing the palaeogeographic hypothesis of a stage of uplifted landmasses in this area during the Eearly Berriasian.