Can Missert (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Ceramicas Terras, S.A.

Where: Catalonia, Spain (41.6° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)

• "Upper Vallesian, Biozone 20b"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Crusafont-Pairo and J. M. Golpe-Posse. 1974. Nuevos yacimientos del Terciario continental del N.E. de España. Acta Geologica Hispánica 9:81-83 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38977: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 18.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon sp. Falconer 1857 gomphothere
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion catalaunicum hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros