Can Missert (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (41.2° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Agusti, I. Casanovas-Vilar, and M. Furió. 2005. Rodents, insectivores and chiropterans (Mammalia) from the late Aragonian of Can Missert (Middle Miocene, Vallès-Penedès Basin, Spain). Geobios 38:575-583 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78058: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 26.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
"Eomuscardinus sp." = Muscardinus Kaup 1829 dormouse
Muscardinus hispanicus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon brevis Schaub 1925 rodent
ssp. nemoralis
Megacricetodon ibericus Schaub 1944 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Hispanomys daamsi n. sp. Agusti et al. 2005 rodent
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer 1928 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883 false sabre-tooth
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Miosorex grivensis Depéret 1892 shrew