Masada del Valle 2 (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as MDV2

Where: Aragon, Spain (40.4° N, 2.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.3° N, 1.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Alfambra Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• MN12, Middle Turolian, Late Miocene

Environment/lithology:

• 'Exposed are about 35m of the Peral Formation, mainly consisting of red clays and red sands with some beds of conglomerate, followed in the top part by 4m of yellow sands and conglomerate and 0.8m of well sorted sand. The Alfambra Formation starts with 1m of white marly limestone with at the base some 1.5cm thick undulating black lignitic clay layers. This is followed by a not exposed interval of 1m, on top 40cm of washed and orientated marly debris of opercula of molluscs with some bone fragments and streaks of green and black clay representing the MDV2 mammal locality.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• Specimens are stored at the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht.

Primary reference: A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35316: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.11.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
"Dibolia turolense n. sp." = Archaeodesmana turolense
"Dibolia turolense n. sp." = Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985 Russian desman
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys truci
Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides problematicus
 Rodentia - Muridae
Occitanomys adroveri, Murinae indet., Parapodemus gaudryi, "Valerymys turoliensis" = Huerzelerimys turoliensis
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
Murinae indet. mouse
1 lower M1.
Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
Parapodemus gaudryi barbarae n. subsp.
"Valerymys turoliensis" = Huerzelerimys turoliensis Michaux 1969 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Hispanomys sp., Hispanomys freudenthali n. sp.
"Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 rodent
Hispanomys sp. Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Hispanomys sp. A. 1 lower M2, very large.
Hispanomys freudenthali n. sp. van de Weerd 1976 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Atlantoxerus adroveri, Spermophilinus bredai
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Spermophilus bredai-turoliensis