Algezares de Teruel (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.3° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Pontian deposits of los Algezares

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gypsum

• Gypsum

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: The taxonomic list was first reported in Gomez Llueca 1931 with the exception of Enhydriodon lluecai

Primary reference: J. F. Villalta Comella and M. Crusafont Pairó. 1945. Enhydriodon lluecai nova sp. el primer lútrido del pontiense español. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 43:383-396 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47790: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 01.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Palaeomerix meyeri
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut
"Mastodon sp." = Mammut Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragocerus amaltheus, Gazella deperdita
Tragocerus amaltheus antelope
entered as "Tragoceras amaltheus" (Tragoceras is an ammonite)
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus cf. matheroni
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet., "Enhydriodon lluecai n. sp." = Paludolutra lluecai
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
"Enhydriodon lluecai n. sp." = Paludolutra lluecai Villalta Comella and Crusafont Pairó 1945 otter
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Leuciscus pachecoi
Leuciscus pachecoi carp-like fish
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail