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1 June 2011 A new actinopterygian fauna from the latest Cretaceous of Quintanilla la Ojada (Burgos, Spain)
Ana Berreteaga, Francisco José Poyato-Ariza, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola
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Abstract

We describe a new actinopterygian fauna from the uppermost Cretaceous of Quintanilla la Ojada (Burgos, Spain), in the Villarcayo Sinclynorium of the Basque-Cantabrian Region. It consists mostly of isolated teeth of pycnodontiforms (cf. Anomoeodus sp., Pycnodontoidea indet.), amiiforms (cf. Amiidae indet.) and teleosteans (elopiforms: Phyllodontinae indet., Paralbulinae indet.; aulopiforms: Enchodontidae indet., plus fragmentary fin spines of Acanthomorpha indet.). Paralbulinae teeth are the most abundant elements in the fossil assemblage. All the remains are disarticulated and show intense post-mortem abrasion. The fossil association has been found in dolomite sandstones that are laterally correlated with the Valdenoceda Formation (Lower to basal Upper Maastrichtian) of the Castilian Ramp. The observed taphonomic features are coherent with the sedimentological interpretation of the fossiliferous beds as coastal deltaic deposits.

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Ana Berreteaga, Francisco José Poyato-Ariza, and Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola "A new actinopterygian fauna from the latest Cretaceous of Quintanilla la Ojada (Burgos, Spain)," Geodiversitas 33(2), 285-301, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.5252/g2011n2a6
Received: 12 December 2008; Accepted: 1 August 2010; Published: 1 June 2011
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KEYWORDS
Acanthomorpha
Amiiformes
Aulopiformes
Basque-Cantabrian Region
Elopiformes
Iberian Peninsula
Maastrichtian
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