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Vilamitjana is a locality and ''decentralized municipal entity'' located in the municipality of
Tremp Tremp () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (), accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the ''comarca''. The mun ...
, in
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province,
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,
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. As of 2020, it has a population of 162.


Geography

Vilamitjana is located 95km north-northeast of Lleida.


Places of interest

Vilamitjana is known by the finding of an important
paleontological site A paleontological or fossiliferous site is a locality in which a significant quantity of fossils is naturally preserved in the rocks. The extent of the site is determined, in some cases, by the spatial distribution of the concentration of fossils ...
named: Les Serretes. In this site there have found dinosaur remains that belongs to the Second biggest
hadrosaur Hadrosaurids (), also hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs, are members of the ornithischian family Hadrosauridae. This group is known as the duck-billed dinosaurs for the flat duck-bill appearance of the bones in their snouts. The ornithopod fami ...
found in Spain, and the biggest of Catalonia. It was identifyied as Blasisaurus aff. Also there have been found two carnívor dinosaur tooth that belongs to two new
dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic Geological period, period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the #Evolutio ...
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
morphotypes. Fuentes Buxó, R. 2012. Anàlisi de restes paleontològiques del Maastrichtià superior (Cretaci superior) procedents d’un nou jaciment situat en Les Serretes (Vilamitjana, Conca de Tremp, Espanya). Treball de fi de Master de Paleontologia (UAB-UB-ICP). 129 pp. Dentari_d%27hadrosaure_de_les_Serretes_(Vilamitjana,_Tremp).jpg Picture of the dentary from les Serretes. Nowadays exposed on the Museum of Isona.


References


External links

* https://www.academia.edu/10410968/Les_Serretes_a_new_Late_Maastrichtian_dinosaur_site_in_the_eastern_Tremp_Syncline_Southern_Pyrenees_Spain_ *https://www.academia.edu/10944379/An%C3%A0lisi_de_restes_paleontol%C3%B2giques_del_Maastrichti%C3%A0_superior_Cretaci_superior_procedents_d_un_nou_jaciment_situat_en_Les_Serretes_Vilamitjana_Conca_de_Tremp_Espanya_ Populated places in the Province of Lleida {{Lleida-geo-stub