Barranc de Binigaus (Pliocene to of Spain)

Where: Menorca, Spain (39.9° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire, J. A. Alcover, S. Moya and J. Pons. 1980. Une nouvelle forme insulaire d'effraie geante, Tyto balearica n. sp. (Aves, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares. Geobios 13(5):803-811 [E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68814: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 08.02.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Aves
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. 1980 barn owl
proximal end of a left coracoid
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog