Casablanca M (Miocene of Spain)
Also known as Almenara M
Where: Castellon, Spain (39.9° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 1.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Upper Miocene
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. Agusti and A. Galobart. 1986. La sucesion de micromamiferos en el complejo carstico de Casablanca (Almenara, Castellon): problematica biogeografica. Paleontologia i Evolucio 20:57-62 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34928: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.10.2003
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Cricetus cf. kormosi Schaub 1930 mouse
Myocricetodon cf. parvus mouse
Ruscinomys sp. Depéret 1890 mouse
Protatera sp. Jaeger 1977 mouse | |
Stephanomys ramblensis, Occitanomys sp., Castillomys crusafont, Paraethomys aff. miocaenicus, Apodemus gudrunae
Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976 mouse
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse |