Mahou (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Madrid, Spain (40.4° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN5 mammal zone, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• pale green micaceous sand

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: found in 2013 during palaeontological control of building activity at the former Mahou Brewery.

Primary reference: M. Pickford and J. Morales. 2016. Basal middle Miocene Listriodontinae (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from Madrid, Spain. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):369-406 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197672: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
"variety of birds"
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
"giant tortoises"
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium sp. Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium sp. von Meyer 1844 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Hispanotherium matritense de Prado 1864 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Armantomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel