Carpetana (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Madrid Metro

Where: Madrid, Spain (40.4° N, 3.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.2° N, 1.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN6 mammal zone, Astaracian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Siliceo, J. Morales, M. AntoĢn and M. J. Salesa. 2020. New fossils of Amphicyonidae (Carnivora) from the middle Miocene (MN6) site of Carpetana (Madrid, Spain). Geodiversitas 42(15):223-238more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 235631: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Julien Van der Hoek on 19.07.2024

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