Cerrado da Pedra (Miocene of Portugal)

Also known as Alcácer do Sal

Where: Setúbal, Portugal (38.4° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 9.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Alcácer do Sal Formation, MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

• MN8, N15

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M.T. Antunes and P. Mein. 1983. Petits mammifères de la fin du Miocène moyen dans les dépôts marins de Cerrado da Pedra, Alcácer do Sal. Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal 93(3):373-379 [O. Mateus/O. Mateus]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65952: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Armantomys tricristatus López 1977 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
? Galerix socialis von Meyer 1865 hedgehog