A state of the art of the Barremian Konservat-Lagerstätte of la Pedrera de Meià site (Southern Pyrenees) is compiled here including the acquisition of new geological data. The relevance of this site, together with the nearby la Cabroa site, is due to its paleobiotic richness and the fact that 113 holotypes and paratypes of flora and fauna have already been defined. Since its discovery at the end of the 19th century and its exploitation as a lithographic limestone quarry, the site has been the object of paleontological interest by national and foreign research teams that are summarized here (including the catalogue of 224 publications). A survey of the existing type specimens in collections all over Europe is also provided, being France and Germany, the countries where more fossils are hosted other than Spain. The geological frame of this site is also reviewed, by revisiting unpublished geological mappings (mainly that of Krusat, 1966) and integrating it in a comprehensive map that includes 4 revisited outcrops of lithographic limestone which could be potential paleontological sites. Previous stratigraphic sections did allow the precise framing of paleontological data and findings, that now can be allocated in new stratigraphic sections accounting for 50m and that contain a minimum of 40. 000 laminae, being a minimum estimation of the years represented in the la Pedrera de Meià site.
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The Early Cretaceous coastal lake Konservat-Lagerstätte of La Pedrera de Meià (Southern Pyrenees) - Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
%0 Journal Article
%1 gildelgado2023early
%A Gil-Delgado, Alejandro
%A Delclòs, Xavier
%A Sellés, Albert
%A Galobart, Àngel
%A Oms, Oriol
%D 2023
%I Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona
%J Geologica Acta
%K barremian cretaceous paleontology pyrenees
%R 10.1344/geologicaacta2023.21.3
%T Early Cretaceous coastal lake Konservat-Lagerstätte of La Pedrera de Meià (Southern Pyrenees)
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/GeologicaActa2023.21.3
%V 21
%X A state of the art of the Barremian Konservat-Lagerstätte of la Pedrera de Meià site (Southern Pyrenees) is compiled here including the acquisition of new geological data. The relevance of this site, together with the nearby la Cabroa site, is due to its paleobiotic richness and the fact that 113 holotypes and paratypes of flora and fauna have already been defined. Since its discovery at the end of the 19th century and its exploitation as a lithographic limestone quarry, the site has been the object of paleontological interest by national and foreign research teams that are summarized here (including the catalogue of 224 publications). A survey of the existing type specimens in collections all over Europe is also provided, being France and Germany, the countries where more fossils are hosted other than Spain. The geological frame of this site is also reviewed, by revisiting unpublished geological mappings (mainly that of Krusat, 1966) and integrating it in a comprehensive map that includes 4 revisited outcrops of lithographic limestone which could be potential paleontological sites. Previous stratigraphic sections did allow the precise framing of paleontological data and findings, that now can be allocated in new stratigraphic sections accounting for 50m and that contain a minimum of 40. 000 laminae, being a minimum estimation of the years represented in the la Pedrera de Meià site.
@article{gildelgado2023early,
abstract = {A state of the art of the Barremian Konservat-Lagerstätte of la Pedrera de Meià site (Southern Pyrenees) is compiled here including the acquisition of new geological data. The relevance of this site, together with the nearby la Cabroa site, is due to its paleobiotic richness and the fact that 113 holotypes and paratypes of flora and fauna have already been defined. Since its discovery at the end of the 19th century and its exploitation as a lithographic limestone quarry, the site has been the object of paleontological interest by national and foreign research teams that are summarized here (including the catalogue of 224 publications). A survey of the existing type specimens in collections all over Europe is also provided, being France and Germany, the countries where more fossils are hosted other than Spain. The geological frame of this site is also reviewed, by revisiting unpublished geological mappings (mainly that of Krusat, 1966) and integrating it in a comprehensive map that includes 4 revisited outcrops of lithographic limestone which could be potential paleontological sites. Previous stratigraphic sections did allow the precise framing of paleontological data and findings, that now can be allocated in new stratigraphic sections accounting for 50m and that contain a minimum of 40. 000 laminae, being a minimum estimation of the years represented in the la Pedrera de Meià site. },
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author = {Gil-Delgado, Alejandro and Delclòs, Xavier and Sellés, Albert and Galobart, Àngel and Oms, Oriol},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f77cf302d76595751e03cf5bc9e7541d/tabularii},
description = {The Early Cretaceous coastal lake Konservat-Lagerstätte of La Pedrera de Meià (Southern Pyrenees) - Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB},
doi = {10.1344/geologicaacta2023.21.3},
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issn = {1695-6133},
journal = {Geologica Acta},
keywords = {barremian cretaceous paleontology pyrenees},
month = apr,
publisher = {Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona},
timestamp = {2024-02-14T13:31:24.000+0100},
title = {Early Cretaceous coastal lake Konservat-Lagerstätte of La Pedrera de Meià (Southern Pyrenees)},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/GeologicaActa2023.21.3},
volume = 21,
year = 2023
}