Mas dels Coixos (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.1° N, 0.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.6° N, 2.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN4 mammal zone, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• lower Aragonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and sandstone

• yellow mudstones, limestones, and sandstones, ∼ 100 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. D. Crespo, F. J. Goin, P. Montoya and F. J. Ruiz-Sánchez. 2020. Early Miocene marsupialiforms, gymnures, and hedgehogs from Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain) . Journal of Paleontology 94(6):1213-1227 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 214976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens erkertshofense Koenigswald 1970 marsupial
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix symeonidisi Doukas 1986 hedgehog