Concud Cerro de la Garita: Turolian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hispanodorcas torrubiae n. gen., n. sp.
Thomas et al. 1982 16 specimens
16 horncores and horncore fragments.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus turoliensis
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Parapodemus gaudryi (Dames 1883)
7 specimens
Parapodemus gaudryi barbarae n. subsp.
Occitanomys adroveri (Thaler 1966)
16 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ruscinomys schaubi
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides problematicus
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragon
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 2.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 3.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Turolian
Age range of interval:8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Alfambra
Regional section:Teruel-Alfambra
Stratigraphy comments: MN12, Middle Turolian, late Miocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 'In the Alfambra formation 'At about 7m from the base there is an intercalation of 0.4m brown marl with many white bones of larger mammals, some molluscs and plant remains. This level corresponds with the classical locality of Cerro de la Garita (CC).'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens are stored at the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht.
Metadata
Also known as:CC
Database number:35326
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-11-28 07:52:24 Last modified:2003-11-28 09:52:24
Access level:the public Released:2003-11-28 07:52:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9527.PACED A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

11001PACED H. Thomas, J. Morales, and E. Heintz. 1982. Un nouveau Bovide (Artiodactyla, Mamalia), Hispanodorcas torrubiae n. g., n.sp., dans le Miocene superieur d'Espagne. Bulletin Musee nationale d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 4th Series, Section C 4(3-4):209-222 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]