Moreda 1L, stage 3, 2nd level (Pliocene of Spain)

Also known as Mo1L-4

Where: Andalucia, Spain (37.3° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Late Pliocene, MN16.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• 'infillings in the karstic fissures formed in the Liasic limestones in the last spurs of Sierra Harana (External zone of the Cordillera Betica).'
• stage 3 (including Mo1L-3 and Mo1L-4) is made up of cemented clayish material that, towards the central part, include angular blocks of material from the previous deposits and from the surrounding rock. The part with thinner materials (i.e. not so brecciated) is called Mo1L-4 and has a variety of faunal remains.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: bone collector, coprolite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: E. Martin-Suarez. 1998. The Pliocene Moreda Karstic complex. In Agusti, J., Oms, O. and Martin-Suarez, E., 1998, The Plio-Pleistocene vertebrate succession of the Guadix-Baza Basin (SE Spain), European Quaternary Mammal Research Association (INQUA-SEQS) 58-63 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35002: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 24.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet., Episoriculus gibberodon
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans, Rhagapodemus frecuens, Stephanomys minor, Stephanomys thaleri, Occitanomys brailloni, Castillomys crusafonti
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys aff. intermedius
Eliomys aff. intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys stehlini, Mimomys ischus
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus michauxi