Arenas del Rey, La Mina, Level M12, 1976 (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Barranco de La Mina, Level M12

Where: Andalusia, Spain (37.0° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 4.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• Upper Turolian, Granada Basin. The layer M12 is located 7 m above the layer M5.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; green claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Bone, C. J. Dabrio, J. Michaux, J. A. Pena, and A. Ruiz Bustos. 1978. Stratigraphie et paleontologie du Miocene superieur d'Arenas del Rey, Bassin de Grenade (Andalousie, Espagne). Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie 87(1-2):87-99 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36108: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 14.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

• large mammals are to be described elsewhere
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver