Tolosa (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Albacete, Spain (39.2° N, 1.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.9° N, 0.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Alcala Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Messinian, Late Miocene. Fossils obtained from the clay and lignites.

Environment/lithology:

• There are layers of clay intercalated with marl and lignite.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• The fossils were recovered by washing.

Primary reference: P. Mein, E. Moissenet, and G. Truc. 1978. Les Formations continentales du Neogene superieur des vallees du Jucar et du Cabriel au ne d'Albacete (Espagne). Biostratigraphie et environment. Documents des laboratoires de Geologie de Lyon 72:99-147 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 41930: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 22.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. michauxi
Prolagus cf. michauxi pika
5 teeth including an upper P2 and a lower P3.
 Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys ramblensis, Paraethomys miocaenicus, "Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi
Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976 mouse
3 upper M1, 1 upper M3, 1 lower M3.
Paraethomys miocaenicus mouse
1 upper M2, 1 upper M3, 5 lower M2.
"Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
3 upper M1, 1 upper M2, 1 lower M2.
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella crusafonti
Desmanella crusafonti Rümke 1974 mole
2 upper M1, 1 upper M3, 1 lower M2 fragment, 1 lower M3.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis sp.
Melanopsis sp. Férussac 1807 snail
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
"Melania sp." = Thiara
"Melania sp." = Thiara Röding 1798 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp.
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel