Where: Aragon, Spain (40.2° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 2.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)
• Used to be considered MN 4, on the basis of the presence of Neocometes
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: H. de Bruijn and J. G. Moltzer. 1974. The rodents from Rubielos de Mora; the first evidence of the existence of different biotopes in the Early Miocene of eastern Spain. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 77(2):129-145 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68041: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse | |
Myomimus aquatilis n. sp., Glirudinus modestus, Myoglis sp., Pseudodryomys simplicidens, Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus
Myomimus aquatilis n. sp. de Bruijn and Moltzer 1974 dormouse
Glirudinus modestus Dehm 1950 dormouse
Myoglis sp. Baudelot 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys simplicidens de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
Ligerimys sp. Schaub 1951 rodent | |
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel | |
Desmanodon daamsi n. sp.
Desmanodon daamsi n. sp. van den Hoek Ostende 1997 mole |