Crevillente 2 (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Alicante, Spain (38.3° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 11 (8.7 - 7.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. Freudenthal, J.I. Lacomba, and E. Martín Suaréz. 1991. The Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Miocene of Crevillente (prov. Alicante, Spain). Scripta Geologica 96:9-46 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68914: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 13.02.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.1 turtle
posterior part of an entoplastron
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo aff. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua1, "Cheirogaster bolivari" = Titanochelon bolivari1
"Testudo aff. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua1 Bronn 1831 turtle
various shell specimens
"Cheirogaster bolivari" = Titanochelon bolivari1 Hernandez-Pacheco 1917 turtle
some shell fragments
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neocricetodon occidentalis Aguilar 1982 rodent
Hispanomys peralensis van de Weerd 1976 rodent
 Rodentia - Muridae
Huerzelerimys vireti2 Schaub 1938 mouse
Parapodemus sp.2 Schaub 1938 mouse
Parapodemus lugdunensis2 Schaub 1938 mouse
Occitanomys (Rhodomys) sondaari2 van de Weerd 1976 mouse