Also known as Salobrena
Where: Granada, Spain (36.8° N, 3.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: MN 13 zone, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Interesting rodents, as there is a mixture of Spanish and Maghrebian faunas. Discovered in 1973 by L. Thaler.
Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich. 1994. Two species of the genus Eryx (Serpentes: Boidae; Erycinae) from the Spanish Neogene with comments on the past distribution of the genus in Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 15(1994):233-248 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 26752: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 27.10.2002, edited by Hannah O'Regan and Katrin Eckardt
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Eryx cf. jaculus true sand boa | |
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Atlantoxerus cf. rhodius1 de Bruijn et al. 1970 squirrel in faunal list referred to as 'rodhius', but in text and description its 'rhodius'
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Castillomys crusafonti1, Stephanomys ramblensis1, Apodemus aff. gudrunae1, Paraethomys cf. anomalus1, Occitanomys adroveri1
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Foraminifera | |
Psammophis odysseus n. sp.2 Georgalis and Szyndlar 2022 Holotype: MNCN 150.101, a mid- trunk vertebra
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