PBDB Collection

Escorihuela A (Pliocene of Spain)

Also known as ESAA

Where: Aragon, Spain (40.5° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 3.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Alfambra Formation, Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• MN15-16, Middle Pliocene, Ruscinian/Csarnotian.

Environment/lithology:

• 'Escorihuela A is a 10-70cm thick lens of grey clay, with abundant molluscs, sandwiched between irregularly bedded limestones.'

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• Material held in the collections of 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 35345: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 02.12.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Gliridae	Eliomys truci, Eliomys intermedius Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Trilophomys sp., Mimomys gracilis, Mimomys stehlini Trilophomys sp. Depéret 1892 mouse Trilophomys sp. A Mimomys gracilis vole at least 5 lower M1s Mimomys stehlini vole at least 5 lower M1s.
Rodentia - Muridae	Stephanomys minor, Apodemus dominans, Castillomys crusafonti Stephanomys minor mouse Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse tooth fragments only. Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse Castillomys crusafonti s.l. material is too scanty to determine to species level.