Estacion Imperial (Miocene to of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.4° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 5.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 4 to MN 4 (16.9 - 13.7 Ma)

• "Miocène moyen, Aragonien moyen, biozone D de Daams... correspondent aux biozones MN4b et MN5 de Mein"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg, J. Morales, D. Soria and E. Herraez. 1997. Découverte d’une forme ancestrale du Petit Panda dans le Miocène moyen de Madrid (Espagne) . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 325(6):447-451 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70805: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Magerictis imperialensis n. gen. n. sp.
Magerictis imperialensis n. gen. n. sp. Ginsburg et al. 1997 red panda
 Carnivora -
Proputorius sp. Filhol 1890 carnivoran
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium ezquerrae anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium miocenicum even-toed ungulate
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon crusafonti Freudenthal 1963 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Armantomys aragonensis de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys robustus de Bruijn 1967 dormouse
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel