Almenara-Casablanca cave filling (Miocene to of Spain)

Also known as Almenara-Casablanca

Where: Castellón, Spain (39.8° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 0.7° W)

When: Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; claystone

• "Yellowish clays"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Aquirre, E. Vangengeim, J. Morales, M. V. Sotnikova, and V. S. Zazhigin. 1997. Plio-Pleistocene mammal faunas; an overview. World and Regional Geology 9:114-128 [M. Uhen/E. Hansen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183092: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Erik Hansen on 30.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Pseudodama nestii" = Metacervocerus
"Pseudodama nestii" = Metacervocerus deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazellospira torticornis, Ovibovini indet.
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis etruscus
Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys tornensis, Mimomys medasensis, Mimomys rex