Name: Las Hoyas Lagerstatte Location: Cuenca, Spain Age: Barremian (Lower Cretaceous)

5. Links and References

Links

The following links provide additional information on the Las Hoyas fossils and related topics found on the world wide web.

Wings over Spain - An interesting article by Luis M. Chiappe about the Las Hoyas birds, birds from other locations, and early avian evolution.

Pelecaninimus Findings Announced - An article by Jeff Poling about the dinosaur Pelecaninimus fossils found at Las Hoyas and their implications on bird-dinosaur relationships.

Jurassic Puke - A report by Paul Willis of the Nature article by Sanz et al. (2001) article about the first possible finding of dinosaur vomit found at Las Hoyas.

Dinodata - A short entry about Las Hoyas, and links to other interesting fossil locations. Also provides extensive information about some of the fossils found at Las Hoyas. A similar, but not so extensive, website is the Dinosaur Encyclopedia which also has an entry on Las Hoyas.

References

Briggs, D.E.G., Wilby, P.R., Bernardino, P., Perez-Moreno, B.P., Sanz, J.L., Fregenal-Martinez, M.A., 1997. The mineralisation of dinosaur soft tissue in the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 154, 587-588.

Buatois, L.A., Mangano, M.G., Fregenal-Martinez, M.A., de Gibert, J.M., 2000. Short-term colonization trace-fossil assemblages in a carbonate lacustrine Konservat-Lagerstatte (Las Hoyas fossil site, Lower Cretaceous, Cuenca, central Spain) Facies, 43, 145-156.

Dieguez, C., Melendez, N., 2000. Early Cretaceous ferns from lacustrine limestones at Las Hoyas, Cuenca Province, Spain. Palaeontology, 43, 1113-1141.

Evans, S.E., Milner, A.R., 1996. A metamorphosed salamander from the early cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London. Series B-Biological Sciences, 351, 627-646.

Evans, S.E., Barbadillo, J., 1997. Early Cretaceous lizards from Las Hoyas, Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119, 23-49.

Evans, S.E., Barbadillo, J., 1998. An unusual lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124, 235-265.

Evans, S.E., Barbadillo, L.J., 1999. A short-limbed lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain.
Cretaceous Fossil Vertebrates Special Papers in Palaeontology Series, 60, 73-85.

Gomez, B., Martin-Closas, C., Meon, H., Thevenard, F., Barale, G., 2001. Plant taphonomy and palaeoecology in the lacustrine Una delta (Late Barremian, Iberian Ranges, Spain) Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 170, 133-148.

Moratalla, J.J., Lockley, M.G., Buscalioni, A.D., Fregenal-Martinez, M.A., Melendez, N., Ortega, F., Perez-Moreno, B.P., Perez Asensio, E., Sanz, J.L., Schultz, R.J., 1995, A preliminary note on the first tetrapod trackways from the lithographic limestones of Las Hoyas (Lower Crataceous, Guenca, Spain) Geobios, 28, 777-782.

Sanz, J.L., Buscalioni, A.D., 1992. A new bird from the early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain, and the early radiation of birds. Palaeontology, 35, 829-845.

Sanz, J.L., Chiappe, L.M., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Ortega, F., Sanchez-Chillon, B., Poyato-Ariza, F.J., Perez-Moreno, B.P., 2001. Palaeontology - An Early Cretaceous pellet. Nature, 409, 998-1000.

Return to Contents Page