Valdeganga 4 (Pliocene of Spain)

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana inflata Rümke 1985 Russian desman
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962 long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Castillomys aff. crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Micromys aff. minutus harvest mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae