Also known as Valdeganga IV
Where: Albacete, Spain (39.2° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Valdeganga Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Latest Pliocene, MN17, Lower Villafranchian.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
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: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41937: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 22.07.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Desmana inflata Rümke 1985 Russian desman | |
Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962 long-tailed shrew | |
Castillomys aff. crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Micromys aff. minutus harvest mouse | |
Oryctolagus cf. laynensis rabbit |