La Puebla de Valverde, excavations 1974 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Teruel, Spain (40.2° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Early Pleistocene, Villafranchian, MN17

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Heintz and E. Aguirre. 1976. Le bois de Croizetoceros ramosus pueblensis, Cervide de la faune villafranchienne de la Puebla de Valverde, Teruel (Espagne). Estudios Geologicos, Madrid 32(6):569-572 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36112: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 14.01.2004, edited by Hannah O'Regan and Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete. A cercopithecid has been described is Aguirre and Soto (1974)
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus3
Ursus etruscus3 Cuvier 1823 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes alopecoides3, Nyctereutes vulpinus4, "Canis cf. falconeri" = Xenocyon falconeri1
Vulpes alopecoides3 Forsyth Major 1877 fox
Nyctereutes vulpinus4 Soria and Aguirre 1976 raccoon dog
"Canis cf. falconeri" = Xenocyon falconeri1 Forsyth-Major 1877 canine
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena perrieri3, Chasmaporthetes lunensis1
Hyaena perrieri3 Croizet and Jobert 1828 hyaena
Chasmaporthetes lunensis1 Del Campana 1914 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium crenatidens3, Megantereon megantereon3, Panthera cf. schaubi1, Acinonyx pardinensis1, "Felis (Lynx) issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis3
Homotherium crenatidens3 Fabrini 1890 cat
not mentioned by Aguirre and Morales (1990), but listed by Turner (n.d.).
Megantereon megantereon3 Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Acinonyx pardinensis1 Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah
"Felis (Lynx) issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis3 Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis1
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis1 Cocchi 1867 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus1
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus1 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi1, Croizetoceros ramosus, Eucladoceros senezensis1
"Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi1 Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
subspecies pueblensis. More than 320 specimens of the same taxon were recovered during the excavation of 1963 and 1964.
Eucladoceros senezensis1 deer
Eucladoceros senezensis vireti
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella borbonica1, cf. Gallogoral meneghinii1, Gazellospira torticornis1
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Postpalerinaceus cf. vireti2
Postpalerinaceus cf. vireti2 Crusafont and Villalta 1947 hedgehog
Mentioned from earlier excavation (Crochet & Heintz, 1971)
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sp.1, Papio arvernensis1
Macaca sp.1 Lacépède 1799 macaque
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis3
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis3 Nesti 1825 mammoth
1Aguirre and Morales 1990; 2Crochet 1986; 3Crusafont Pairo 1965; 4Monguillon et al. 2004