Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3C (Eocene of Spain)

Also known as SJF-3C

Where: Barcelona, Spain (42.2° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellmunt Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3 has been attributed to the middle Bartonian, or Robiacian (MP14-15), based on the presence of Elfomys nov. sp. (Sudre et al., 1990; Quer and Agustí, 2010).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; marl and coal

• "palustrine"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1990

Collection methods: bulk

• ICP: Institut de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Barcelona

Primary reference: S. Moya-Sola and M. Köhler. 1993. Middle Bartonian locality with Anchomomys (Adapidae, Primates) in the Spanish Pyrenees: Preliminary report. Folia Primatologica 60:158-163 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142030: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Albert Garcia Selles on 04.04.2013, edited by Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Amphibia
 Amphibia -
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
 Rodentia - Remyidae
Frontanyamys russelli n. gen. n. sp.4
Frontanyamys russelli n. gen. n. sp.4 Quer and Agusti 2010 rodent
Right m1–2, IPS-41700 (holotype). 1 d4, 1 p4, 12 m1–2, 3 m3, 2 D4, 3 P4, 18 M1–2, 3 M3. Also, 2 maxilla fragments with P4 and M1, and with M1 and M2.
 Rodentia -
cf. Ectropomys sp. Bosma and Schmidt-Kittler 1972 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys frontanyensis n. sp.2 Marigó et al. 2011 primate
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapis sp. Cuvier 1822 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris pyrenaicus n. sp.3 Minwer-Barakat et al. 2010 tarsier
Closely related to either Pivetonia or Pseudoloris
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940 placental
 Perissodactyla -
Perissodactyla indet. odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Pachynolophidae
Metaplagiolophus atoae n. gen. n. sp.1
Metaplagiolophus atoae n. gen. n. sp.1 Checa Soler 1993 odd-toed ungulate
IPS 9090 (holotype), skull. IPS 9091, 9092, hemimandibles
 Artiodactyla - Robiacinidae
Robiacina sp. Sudre 1969 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta -
 Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctidae indet. Winge 1917 eutherian
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian