Mas Vilageliu: Bartonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 2.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 7.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vic-Manlleu
Stratigraphy comments: Ebro Basin
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:49689
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-23 12:53:26 Last modified:2025-06-03 13:48:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-23 12:53:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

58204. J. Balaguer and D. M. Alba. 2016. A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Comptes Rendus Palevol [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

13332 G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]