Aridos 1 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Madrid, Spain (40.3° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Discoglossus galganoi is an extralimital species that presently occurs in Portugal and southwestern Spain. (Duellman, 1993). All of the other taxa presently occur in Madrid Province, Spain. The presence of a permanent, low-energy, well-vegetated body of water is indicated by Emys orbicularis. The anurans mainly suggest a moist, terrestrial habitat. Lacerta lepida and Elaphe cf. Elaphe scalaris suggest a dry, bushy or shrubby situation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195267: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cultipres
Pelobates cultipres spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana perezi
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp.
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus galganoi, cf. Alytes sp.
Discoglossus galganoi Capula et al. 1985 painted frog
cf. Alytes sp. Wagler 1829 midwife toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp., Lacerta cf. lepida
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Lacerta cf. lepida Daudin 1802 Jewelled lizard
 Squamata - Colubridae
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris Schinz 1822 ladder snake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle