Venta del Moro: Turolian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Planobarius aff. barelli
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Planorbarius aff. barelli barelli | ||||||||||
Anisas aff. mariae
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Graecoryx aff. valenciennensi
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Zelkova ungeri
Kovats 1865
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Fagus pliocaenica
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Quercus aff. nerifolia
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Populus aff. tremula
Linnaeus 1753
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Salix aff. lavateri
Heer 1856
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Salix media
Heer 1856
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Acer sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Acer aff. pseudocreaticum
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Acer aff. magnini
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Charales
- Characea
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Chara sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Tomistominae indet.
Eastman 1902
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= cf. Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Delfino et al. 2021 | |||||||||
MGUV 14469, 14472, 14467, 18828, 14470, 14816, 18835, 14466, 14475, 14436-14462, 14468, 14490, 14502, 14607, 15853, 16001–16006, 18932, 24317, 25923– 25926, 25993, 14463–14465, 14471, 14473, 14474; reported as Crocodylus cf. C. checchiai by Montoya et al. (2006) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys cf. batalleri
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Jimenez 1976 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinae indet.
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Jimenez 1976 | |||||||||
= Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Vlachos 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Paraethomys miocaenicus
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Apodemus primaevus
Hugueney 1965
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synonym of Parapodemus gaudryi | ||||||||||
Stephanomys ramblensis
van de Weerd 1976
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Occitanomys adroveri
(Thaler 1966)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus cf. kormosi
Schaub 1930
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= Apocricetus alberti
Freudenthal et al. 1998
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Freudenthal et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Ruscinomys schaubi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys truci
Mein and Michaux 1970
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides aff. problematicus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus cf. michauxi
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Agriotherium roblesi n. sp.
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Plesiogulo monspessulanus
Viret 1939
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Ictitherium sivalensis
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
= Thalassictis aff. hyaenoides
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Mathisen and Morales 1981 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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? Paramachairodus maximiliani
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original and current combination Paramachaerodus | ||||||||||
Dinofelis sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
Machairodontini indet.
Gill 1872
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
= Amphimachairodus giganteus
Kretzoi 1929
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Mathisen and Morales 1981 | |||||||||
Felis christoli
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
= Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mathisen and Morales 1981 | |||||||||
= Eucyon debonisi
Montoya et al. 2009
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Montoya et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Nyctereutes cf. donnezani
Depérer 1890
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Morales and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
= Nyctereutes aff. donnezani
Depérer 1890
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Mathisen and Morales 1981 | |||||||||
= Eucyon debonisi n. sp.
Montoya et al. 2009
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Montoya et al. 2009 | |||||||||
MGUV 14780 (VV-1549), fragment of right maxilla with P2, P4-M2; MGUV 14781 (VV-1624), fragment of left maxilla with I3-M2; MGUV 14779 (VV-1522), right mandible with p2–p3 (all one individual; holotype) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Miotragocerus amalthea
(Roth and Wagner 1854)
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recombined as Tragoportax amalthea | ||||||||||
Parabos sp.
Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
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Miotragocerus sp.
Stromer 1928
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus pyrenaicus
(Mennecart et al. 2017)
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recombined as Croizetoceros pyrenaicus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Propotamochoerus provincialis
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paracamelus sp.
Schlosser 1903
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Morales et al. 1980 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
upper teeth: maxilla with M1-M3, 1 M2, 1 M1. Two lower P3, 1 astragalus, 1 calcaneum, 1 navicular, 2 sets of cuboides, 1 distal first phlanage, 1 first phalange. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Two species of Hipparion sp. I and II. | ||||||||||
Hipparion gromovae
Villalta and Crusafont 1957
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aceratherium incisivum
(Cuvier 1824)
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis narsolina
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Melanopsis narsolina gigantea | ||||||||||
Melanopsis laevigata
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Melanopsis requenensis
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Melanopsis sp.
Férussac 1807
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Gastropoda
- Pomatiidae
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Tudorella sp.
Fischer 1885
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Bythinia sp.
(Leach 1818)
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original and current combination Bithynia | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia aff. schlosseri
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(sensu Robles and Goy, 1972) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valvatidae
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Valvata (Cineinna) aff. inflata
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Valvata (Cineinna) piscinalis
(Müller 1774)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Ancylus sp.
Müller 1774
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Planorbis (Plantorbis) planorbis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicidae
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Helicidae sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Cepaea sp.
Held 1838
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Vertiginidae
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Vertigo (Vertigo) sp.
Müller 1773
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Carychiidae
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Carychium ex gr. minimum
Muller 1774
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Carychium gr. minimum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Theodoxus maculatus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Pisidium ex gr. casertanunt
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Pisidium gr, casertanunt | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp. n. sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Two new Unio species. | ||||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Ilyocyprididae
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Ilyocypris gibba
(Ramdohr 1808)
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Candonidae
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Candona neglecta
Sars 1887
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unclassified
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Crustacea indet.
Brünnich 1772
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invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Valencia |
Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 2.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Venta del Moro-Villatoya | Member: | Los Isidros | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: MN13, Latest Miocene, Ventian. The Los Isidros member is comprised of detrital material and is 300m thick. 'The beds are deformed into anticlines and synclines of low relief with maximum dip of 16 degrees along the flanks. The fossiliferous beds occur at the core of one anticline.'
Magnetostratigraphic correlation of VM with chron C3An indicates an estimated age of 6.23 Ma (Gibert et al., 2013), while the mammal assemblage implies a correlation with MN13 (Mein, 1990, 1999; De Bruijn et al., 1992) and, more precisely, the Teruel local biozone M3 (van Dam et al., 2006) within the late Turolian or Ventian mammal age (Morales et al., 2013). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | lignite |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: 'Red, polymictic cross bedded conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone and concretionary carbonate facies.' The fossils occur in a small lignite level in the lowest 4m of the section. | |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 40758 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos, B. Allen, J. Marcot, P. Mannion | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, J. Marcot, B. Allen, P. Mannion, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-06-30 04:29:41 | Last modified: | 2020-08-20 03:08:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-30 04:29:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10999. | PACED | M. Mathisen and J. Morales. 1981. Stratigraphy, facies and depositional environments of the Venta del Moro vertebrate locality, Valencia, Spain. Estudios Geologicos 37:199-207 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
62999 | E. Cregut-Bonnoure and E. Tsoukala. 2017. The Pliocene Artiodactyla and Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Gephyra (lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece). Discovery of a new boselaphine. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
73479 | M. Delfino, À H. Luján, J. Abella, D. M. Alba, M. Böhme, A. Pérez-Ramos, E. Tschopp, J. Morales, and P. Montoya. 2021. Late Miocene remains from Venta del Moro (Iberian Peninsula) provide further insights on the dispersal of crocodiles across the late Miocene Tethys. Journal of Paleontology 95(1):184-192 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
19833 | M. Freudenthal, P. Mein, and E. Martín-Suárez. 1998. Revision of Late Miocene and Pliocene Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Spain and France. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7:11-93 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/D. van Oyen] | |
11047 | PACED | E. Jimenez. 1976. Quelonios fosiles de Venta del Moro (Valencia). Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:117-128 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
85437 | P. Montoya, J. Morales, and J. Abella. 2009. Eucyon debonisi n. sp., a new Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the latest Miocene of Venta del Moro (Valencia, Spain). Geodiversitas 31(4):709-722 [B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
11045 | PACED | J. Morales and E. Aguirre. 1976. Carnivoros de Venta del Moro. Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:31-81 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
11000 | PACED | J. Morales, D. Soria, and E. Aguirre. 1980. Camelido finimioceno en Venta del Moro. Primera cita para Europa Occidental. Estudios Geologicos 36:139-142 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
62170 | E. Vlachos. 2017. Personal opinions. [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |