Villacastin (Zone C, level 2): Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis myotis (Borkhausen 1797)
243 specimens total from Villacastin
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Arribas 1994 specimens
ssp. cf. germanicus; 3 specimens
Mammalia - Cervidae
Dama cf. clactoniana
Arribas 1994 specimens
2 specimens
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Arribas 1994 specimens
6 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Arribas 1994 individuals
ssp. cf. clactoniana; 1 individual
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Arribas 1994 specimens
5 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Arribas 1994 individuals
ssp. atavus; 1 individual
Mustela (Putorius) eversmanni (Lesson 1827)
Arribas 1994 specimens
original and current combination Mustela eversmanni
19 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Arribas 1994 specimens
ssp. intermedia; 12 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis (Lynx) cf. spelaea Goldfuss 1810
Arribas 1994 specimens
recombined as Panthera leo spelaea
7 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Arribas 1994 specimens
2 specimens
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
cf. grenalensis; minimum number of individuals=67
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys querzinus
12 specimens total from Villacastin
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
10 specimens total from Villacastin
Microtus cf. brecciensis (Forsyth Major 1905)
3 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Segovia
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 4.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 4.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Villacastin Zone C Local bed:Level 2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils are from a trench and associated fissure below, preserved in sand from weathering of surrounding upper Cretaceous sediments.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 5 cm of coprolites encased in calcareous cement with little lateral variation in a medium-grained sandstone matrix.
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks,arthropod boring
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:abundance data refers to total number of each taxon collected from the locality, not specifically each collection
Metadata
Database number:36517
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Wertheim
Modifier:J. Wertheim Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-02 11:24:05 Last modified:2004-09-14 16:19:52
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-02 11:24:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9767.5% 5140A. Arribas. 1994. El yacimiento mesopleistoceno de Villacastin (Segovia, Espana): geologia y paleontologia de micromamiferos. Boletin Geologico y Minero 105:146-166 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

9858 A. Arribas. 1994. Paleontología de macromamíferos del yacimiento mesopleistoceno de Villacastín (Segovia, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero 105(4):22-39 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]
9859 A. Arribas. 1995. Consideraciones cronológicas, tafonómicas y paleoecológicas del yacimiento Cuaterario de Villacastín (Segovia, España). Boletín Geológico y minero 106(1):3-22 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]
90465% 5760J. Ayarzaguena and N. Lopez-Martinez. 1976. Estudio filogenetico y comparativo de Microtus cabrerae y Microtus brecciensis; A phylogenetic and comparative study of Microtus cabrerae and Microtus brecciensis. Donana, Acta Vertebrata 3(2):181-204 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]