Vilamitjana Explained
| Vilamitjana |
| Settlement Type: | Decentralized municipal entity |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Lleida#Spain Catalonia#Spain |
| Pushpin Label: | Vilamitjana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lleida |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tremp |
| Population Total: | 162 |
| Coordinates: | 42.1467°N 0.9192°W[1] |
| Elevation M: | 447 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Vilamitjana is a locality and decentralized municipal entity located in the municipality of Tremp, in Province of Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 162.[2]
Geography
Vilamitjana is located 95km north-northeast of Lleida.
Places of interest
Vilamitjana is known by the finding of an important paleontological site named: Les Serretes. In this site there have found dinosaur remains that belongs to the Second biggest hadrosaur 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 species morphotypes. [3] [4]
Picture of the dentary from les Serretes. Nowadays exposed on the Museum of Isona.
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_
Notes and References
- https://2ua.org/es/esp/ct/vilamitjana_tremp/mapa/ Mapa de Vilamitjana, Tremp, Provincia de Lérida, Cataluña
- Web site: Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional. es. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España). 22 November 2021.
- Fuentes-Buxó, R. & Dalla Vecchia, F.M. 2014. Les Serretes, a new Late Maastrichtian dinosaur site in the eastern Tremp Syncline (Southern Pyrenees, Spain). In: Paleontologia i Evolució. Reconstructing the Terrestrial end-cretaceous paleoenvironments in Europe. pp 70.
- 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.
