Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection) (Miocene of Spain)
Also known as Bellver de Cerdanya
Where: Spain (42.4° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 0.9° E)
When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)
• Vallesien
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified diatomite
• The Cerdanya basin was formed during dextral slip along the NE–SW La Tet fault (eastern Pyrenees) which formed a horsetail structure at its SW end.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: A. Nel. 1991. Description de quelques Sieblosiidae fossiles nouveaux (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 8:367-375 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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"Bombus cerdanyensis n. sp." = Bombus (Melanobombus) cerdanyensis1
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Trithemis pseudodistanti n. sp.2
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Stenolestes hispanicus n. sp.5
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