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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Magerictis imperialensis n. gen. n. sp.
Magerictis imperialensis n. gen. n. sp. Ginsburg et al. 1997 red panda | |
Proputorius sp. Filhol 1890 carnivoran | |
Anchitherium ezquerrae anchitheriine horse | |
Hispanotherium matritensis rhinoceros | |
Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946 ruminant | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Cainotherium miocenicum even-toed ungulate | |
Lagopsis penai pika | |
Megacricetodon collongensis Mein 1958 mouse
Megacricetodon crusafonti Freudenthal 1963 mouse | |
Armantomys aragonensis de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys robustus de Bruijn 1967 dormouse
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
Heteroxerus rubricati squirrel
Heteroxerus grivensis Major 1893 squirrel |