The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, also called as La Pedrera de Meià is an

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...

( late Berriasian to early Barremian geologic formation in

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. The formation crops out in the area of the

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in the Organyà Basin. At the La Pedrera de Meià locality, the formation consists of rhythmically laminated, lithographic limestones that formed in the distal areas of a large, shallow coastal lake. It is noted for the exceptional preservation of articulated small vertebrates and insects, similar to that of the

Solnhofen Limestone The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organi ...

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The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation has yielded the enantiornithine bird '' Noguerornis'' and the scincogekkomorph lizard '' Pedrerasaurus'',Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607 and two species of Teiid lizard ''

Meyasaurus ''Meyasaurus'' is an extinct genus of Teiid lizard known from the Barremian of Spain and the Isle of Wight, UK. Four species are known from Spain, from the La Huérguina, Camarillas, and La Pedrera de Rúbies Formations while an indeterminate ...

'', ''M. fauri'' and ''M. crusafonti,'' the indeterminate avialan '' Ilerdopteryx'',Kellner, 2002 frogs '' Neusibatrachus wilferti'',Báez & Sanchiz, 2007, p.477 '' Eodiscoglossus santonjae'' and '' Montsechobatrachus''. A crocodyliform '' Montsecosuchus'' and many

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s and other

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.org * '' Angarosphex lithographicu'' * '' Archisphex catalunicus'' * '' Artitocoblatta hispanica'' * '' Chalicoridulum montsecensis'' * '' Chrysobothris ballae'' * '' Cionocoleus longicapitis'' * '' Condalia woottoni'' * '' Cretephialtites pedrerae'' * '' Hirmoneura (Eohirmoneura) neli'' * '' Hirmoneura richterae'' * '' Iberoraphidia dividua'' * '' Ilerdocossus pulcherrima'' * '' Ilerdosphex wenzae'' * '' Jarzembowskia edmundi'' * '' Leridatoma pulcherrima'' * '' Manlaya lacabrua'' * '' Meiagaster cretaceus'' * '' Meiatermes bertrani'' * '' Mesoblattina colominasi'' * '' Mesopalingea lerida'' * '' Mimamontsecia cretacea'' * '' Montsecbelus solutus'' * '' Nanoraphidia lithographica'' * '' Nogueroblatta fontllongae'' * '' N. nana'' * '' Pachypsyche vidali'' * '' Pompilopterus montsecensis'' * '' Proraphidia gomezi'' * '' Prosyntexis montsecensis'' * '' Pseudochrysobothris ballae'' * '' Ptiolinites almuthae'' * '' Vitisma occidentalis'' * '' Cretaholocompsa montsecana'' * '' Montsecosphex jarzembowskii'' * '' Cretobestiola hispanica'' * '' Angarosphex penyalveri'' * '' Cretoserphus gomezi'' * '' Bolbonectus lithographicus'' * '' ?Anaglyphites pluricavus'' * '' Palaeaeschna vidali'' * '' Hispanochlorogomphus rossi'' * '' Palaeouloborus lacasae'' * '' Ichthyemidion vivaldi''

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