Valdeganga 1: Pliocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus calpensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys aff. quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys rex
1 specimen
1 lower M1.
Mimomys medasensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys balcellsi
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
2 specimens
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
1 upper D4, 1 upper P3.
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
    = Desmana inflata Rümke 1985
Rümke 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Albacete
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 1.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 2.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:630 meters
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN16b, Villafranchian, Middle/Late Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:250 kg
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:41931
Authorizer:A. Turner, L. van den Hoek Ostende Enterer:H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-22 08:19:24 Last modified:2004-07-22 12:52:13
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-22 08:19:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11202.PACED P. Mein, E. Moissenet, and G. Truc. 1978. Les Formations continentales du Neogene superieur des vallees du Jucar et du Cabriel au ne d'Albacete (Espagne). Biostratigraphie et environment. Documents des laboratoires de Geologie de Lyon 72:99-147 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

23416 C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]