Olba, Sarrion Depression (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.1° N, 0.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° N, 0.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Unit Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, red mudstone

• redgray mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Sen, F. Fack, G. Métais and E. Moissenet. 2015. A late Miocene mammalian fauna from Olba in the Sarrio´n Depression, eastern Spain. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:545-562 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174643: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus crusafonti
Prolagus crusafonti López Martinez 1977 pika
 Rodentia - Muridae
Occitanomys cf. adroveri
Occitanomys cf. adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hispanomys cf. adroveri
Hispanomys cf. adroveri Agusti 1986 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx cf. major
Microstonyx cf. major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Lucentia iberica
Lucentia iberica Azanza and Montoya 1995 deer
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
? Micromeryx sp.
? Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Parasorex ibericus
Parasorex ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere