Santa Cilia II (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (42.1° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 3.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Same level as Sta. Cilia I

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, blue marl

• Bluish-gray marl

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 39017: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 18.05.2004, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847 ruminant
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle