Buñol (Cerro de la Cruz) (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.4° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Upper Burdigalian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl and gray mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Crusafont Pairo and J. Truyols Santonja. 1957. Descubrimiento del primer yacimiento de mamiferos Miocenicos del la Cuenca Valenciana. Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana 48:3-22 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40031: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 15.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
cf. Dicroceras elegans, Helix sp., Pusilla sp.
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
? Nyctinomus sp.
? Nyctinomus sp. Geoffroy 1818 free-tailed bat
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
? Lantanotherium sansaniensis, Galerix exilis
? Lantanotherium sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Miosorex sp., Heterosorex sansaniensis
Miosorex sp. Kretzoi 1959 shrew
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Listriodon splendens
Listriodon splendens von Meyer 1846 pig
1 specimen
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
cf. Procervulus dichotomus, cf. Palaeomeryx kaupi
cf. Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant
5 specimens
cf. Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
1 specimen
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp.
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
? Anchitherium aurelianense
? Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
2 specimens
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus hispanicus
Dicerorhinus hispanicus rhinoceros
14 specimens
 Carnivora - Viverridae
? Semigenetta repelini
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon major
? Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
2 specimens
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Hemicyon sansaniensis
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
2 specimens
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis penai
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon romieviensis, Megacricetodon collongensis
Democricetodon romieviensis Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Megacricetodon collongensis Mein 1958 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Ligerimys lophidens
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys sp., Pseudodryomys ibericus, Miodyromys cf. hamadryas
Peridyromys sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
Pseudodryomys ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Miodyromys cf. hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus rubricati, Sciurus fissurae
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens
"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens Cuvier 1806 gomphothere
1st published in Bergounioux and Crouzel 1957
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
""Mastodon" ("") sp." = Mammut
""Mastodon" ("") sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
3 specimens
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
Actinopteri
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ophidiidae indet.
Ophidiidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina sp.
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
  -
Cyclostoma sp.
Cyclostoma sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail
Limnaea
  -
Limnaea sp.
Limnaea sp. Lamarck 1799