PBDB Collection

Tortajada A (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as TOA

Where: Aragon, Spain (40.4° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Alfambra Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• MN11, early Turolian, Late Miocene.

Environment/lithology: gray marl

• 'The basal part of the section belongs to the Peral formation. It consists of 2m of red sandstones with some scattered pebbles as well as thin layers of pebbles, followed by 1m of yellow sandstones. Next follows the Alfambra Formation: 0.2m of grey marl and lignite, 0.4m of grey limestone, a not exposed interval of 1m, 0.8m of grey marl (the TOA locality) with some very thin streaks of lignite, some molluscs and plants root imprints.'

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• Specimens are stored at the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht.

Primary reference: A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35311: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.11.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Eozapus intermedius Eozapus intermedius jumping mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neocricetodon occidentalis², Hispanomys peralensis¹ Neocricetodon occidentalis² Aguilar 1982 mouse Hispanomys peralensis¹ van de Weerd 1976 mouse
Rodentia - Muridae	"Valerymys vireti" = Occitanomys, "Occitanomys sondaari n. sp." = Occitanomys (Rhodomys) sondaari, Parapodemus lugdunensis "Valerymys vireti" = Occitanomys mouse "Occitanomys sondaari n. sp." = Occitanomys (Rhodomys) sondaari van de Weerd 1976 mouse Parapodemus lugdunensis Schaub 1938 mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	Eliomys sp., Eliomys truci Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse Eliomys sp. A. 1 lower M1, 1 lower M3. (both smaller than E. truci) Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse

¹Freudenthal et al. 1991; ²Freudenthal et al. 1998