Escobosa de Calatañazor (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Escobosa de Calatanyazor

Where: Soria, Spain (41.6° N, 2.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.5° N, 0.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 7+8 mammal zone, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene.

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Sese Benito and N. Lopez Martinez. 1977. El yacimiento de Escobosa de Calatanyazor (Soria) y su aportacion a la bioestratigraphia del Neogeno de la meseta castellana. In M.T. Alberdi and E. Aguirre (eds) Round-table on mastostratigraphy of the W. Mediterranean Neogene. Trabajos Sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario, Madrid. 7:35-40 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 40755: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.06.2004, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix exilis, Amphechinus cf. ginsburgi
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
Amphechinus cf. ginsburgi Baudelot 1972 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
cf. Talpa sp. n. sp.
cf. Talpa sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole
Talpidae indet. cf. Talpa nov. sp. de gran talla (large size).
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet.
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
types I and II. Type 1 is larger than Miosorex grivensis.
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus grivensis, Spermophilinus sp.
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel
Spermophilinus sp. de Bruijn and Mein 1968 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Eliomys" sp., Armantomys sp., Armantomys tricristatus, ""Eliomys" cf. hartenbergeri" = Tempestia hartenbergeri, "cf. Peridyromys dehmi" = Myomimus dehmi
"Eliomys" sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse
Armantomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Armantomys tricristatus López 1977 dormouse
""Eliomys" cf. hartenbergeri" = Tempestia hartenbergeri de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
"cf. Peridyromys dehmi" = Myomimus dehmi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Glirinae cf. Peridyromys sp.
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon crusafonti, Megacricetodon minor, Cricetodon aguirrei, Fahlbuschia sp.
Megacricetodon crusafonti Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Fahlbuschia sp. Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus tobieni, Prolagus oeningensis
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Palaeortyx joleaudi
Palaeortyx joleaudi Ennouchi 1930 pheasant
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod