Láchar (Pliocene to of Spain)

Also known as Lachar

Where: Granada, Spain (37.2° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 4.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Alluvial deposits. Similar age to Solilhac.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: There are two sites named Lachar - one in Granada (Lachar), one in Albacete (Lachar-Fuensanta). The one reported here is Lachar in Granada.

Primary reference: E. de Aguirre. 1963. Elephas meridionalis Nesti, en Fuensanta y Lachar; edad del hundimiento de la vega (Granada). Notas y Communs. Inst. Geol. y Minero de Espana 69:233-237 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40986: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus meridionalis1
Mammuthus meridionalis1 Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis1
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis1 Cocchi 1867 horse
Equus stenonis granatensis
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus2
Stephanorhinus etruscus2 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Dama sp.1, "Cervus" sp.1, Capreolus sp., Megacerini indet.1
Dama sp.1 Frisch 1775 fallow deer
"Cervus" sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 deer
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe
Megacerini indet.1 Viret 1961 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.1, Bison sp.1
Bovidae indet.1 Gray 1821 antelope
Bison sp.1 Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
1Aguirre and Morales 1990; 2O'Regan 2003