Tortajada C (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as TOC

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)

• Middle Turolian, MN12, Late Miocene.

Environment/lithology: limestone

• '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. 6.7m of marly limestone, 0.1m of black lignitic clay (the TOB locality), 5.7m of soft marly limestone with some thin undulating layers of black lignitic clay of 1-10cm thick, three 10-15cm thick undulating black lignitic clay layers with marly limestone in between (the Tortajada C locality), and 1.5m of marly limestone.'

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 35313: 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
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Crusafontina vandeweerdi n. sp.
Crusafontina vandeweerdi n. sp. Van Dam 2004 red-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Parapodemus gaudryi, Occitanomys adroveri
Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
Parapodemus gaudryi barbarae n. subsp.
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys truci
Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse