Nivel X-Fisura, Los Valles de Fuentiduenya (Segovia) (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Nivel X-Fisura, Los Valles de Fuentidueña

Where: Spain (41.4° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)

• Miocene, MN9-10. There are 5 levels with fossil remains, level X is the highest in the section (approximately 100m above level Y3).

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan

• A pond system with a little alluvial fan in which most of the bones have been found.
• 'Microconglomerado de gravas y arenas de cuarzo que rellena el micropaleorrelieve carstico anterior. Presenta cambios laterales a limos y arcillas verdes laminates y arcillas marron-negruzcas ricas en materia organica. Las zonas conglomeratidos estan cementadas por cabonatos hojosos muy porosos y blanquecinos, posiblemente edaficos. Aparecen algunos cantos blandos y huesos muy dispersos. Potencia variable de 10 a 40 centimetros. Excepto en 'X-fisura', donde la potenci es algo mayor.'P. 349.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Hoyos, M. A. Garcia del Cura, and S. Ordonyez. 1981. Caracteristicas geologicas de yacimiento de los Valles de Fuentiduenya (Segovia). Estudios Geologicos 37:345-351 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40765: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix socialis4
Galerix socialis4 von Meyer 1865 hedgehog
1 upper P3.
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. crusafonti4
Prolagus cf. crusafonti4 López Martinez 1977 pika
1 upper right M2.
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Atlantoxerus adroveri4
Atlantoxerus adroveri4 squirrel
1 lower left P4.
Reptilia
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet.3
Amphisbaenidae indet.3 worm lizard
1 vertebral fragment.
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.3
Ophisaurus sp.3 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
2 maxillae, 4 vertebrae, 37 dermal scales.
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.3
Colubridae indet.3 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
8 vertebrae, 12 vertebral fragments.
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. n. sp.2, "Testudo aff. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua2
Testudo sp. n. sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Testudo sp. (nov. sp.?) (aff. catalaunica Batller, 1926). carapace fragments.
"Testudo aff. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua2 Bronn 1831 turtle
carapace fragments.
 Testudines - Emydidae
? Emydidae indet.2
? Emydidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
small carapace fragment.
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandridae indet.3
Salamandridae indet.3 Gray 1825 newt
1 vertebral fragment, 1 rib.
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia cf. seyfriedi3
Latonia cf. seyfriedi3 von Meyer 1843 painted frog
2 mandibles, 2 maxillae, 1 premaxilla, plus postcrania.
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.3
Rana sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 frog
1 sacral fragment
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Rutilus pachecoi1
Rutilus pachecoi1 carp-like fish
2 pharangeal teeth
1Doadrio 1981; 2Jimenez Fuentes 1981; 3Sanchiz 1981; 4Sese Benito and Lopez Martinez 1981