Where: Segovia, Spain (40.8° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 4.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Fossils are from a trench and associated fissure below, preserved in sand from weathering of surrounding upper Cretaceous sediments.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; medium-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. Arribas. 1994. El yacimiento mesopleistoceno de Villacastin (Segovia, Espana): geologia y paleontologia de micromamiferos. Boletin Geologico y Minero 105:146-166 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36517: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 02.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Felis (Lynx) cf. spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea
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Meles meles, "Mustela (Putorius) eversmanni" = Mustela eversmanni
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Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit cf. grenalensis; minimum number of individuals=67
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