PBDB Collection

Villarroya Basin (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.4° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 2.1° W)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red, yellow, sandy, conglomeratic sandstone and lithified marl

• The first unit unconformably overlies the Cretaceous limestones. This unit, about 30 m thick, and mostly formed by lacustrine facies (white-yellowish marls and laminated limestones, and gray lutites) is organized as a deepening sequence. The lacustrine facies laterally inter- nger with a belt of reddish conglomerates, sandstones, and lutites related to alluvial fans feeding into the basin from the northern and western margins. The entire unit shows a ning-up evolution. The upper unit, about 70 m thick, con- sists in alluvial facies (brown-reddish conglomerates, sand- stones, and lutites), laterally related to yellow sandstones and lutites with coal and nodules of gypsum.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. L. Pueyo, A. Munoz, C. Laplana and J. M. Pares. 2015. The Last Appearance Datum of Hipparion in Western Europe: magnetostratigraphy along the Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in the Villarroya Basin (Northern Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences 105:2203-2220 [M. Uhen/J. So/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 25.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus etruscus Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Enhydrictis ardea Enhydrictis ardea Bravard 1828 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Canidae	Canidae indet., Vulpes alopecoides, Nyctereutes megamastoides Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Chasmaporthetes lunensis, Pliocrocuta perrieri Chasmaporthetes lunensis Del Campana 1914 hyaena Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Viretailurus schaubi, Homotherium latidens, Megantereon cultridens, Acinonyx pardinensis, Lynx issiodorensis Viretailurus schaubi cat Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse rocinantis crusafonti
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	"Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri, Croizetoceros ramosus, Arvernoceros ardei "Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer Arvernoceros ardei Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Megalovis sp., Leptobos elatus, Pliotragus ardeus, Gazella borbonica, Hesperidoceras merlae, Gazellospira torticornis Megalovis sp. Schaub 1924 antelope Leptobos elatus antelope Pliotragus ardeus Deperet 1883 antelope Gazella borbonica gazelle Hesperidoceras merlae antelope Gazellospira torticornis antelope
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor fiber Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix primigenia Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Mimomys cappettai Mimomys cappettai vole
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Anancus arvenensis Anancus arvenensis gomphothere