Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-2 (Eocene of Spain)

Also known as SJF-2

Where: Barcelona, Spain (42.2° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellmunt Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• lower Bartonian (MP15)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; marl

• "Palustrine"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: P. Busquets, E. Ramos-Guerrero, S. Moya-Sola, J. Agusti, F. Colombo, L. Checa, and M. Khöler. 1992. La Formacion de Bellmunt (Unidad del Cadi, Pirineo oriental): aportaciones bioestratigraficas de los sistemas lacustres y palustres asociados. Acta Geologica Hispanica 25:109-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182220: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.10.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Necrolemur anadoni Minwer-Barakat et al. 2015 tarsier
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune "new species" Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. insectivoran
 Theriamorpha -
Marsupialia indet. Illiger 1811 marsupial