Santa Clara de Avedillo (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Zamora, Spain (41.3° N, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 8.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• MP 14

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Peláez-Campomanes and N. López-Martínez. 1996. Strange Eocene rodents from Spain. Palaeovertebrata 25(2-4):323-338 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79704: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 18.03.2008, edited by David Nicholson and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959 rodent
 Rodentia -
Zamoramys extraneus n. gen. n. sp.
Zamoramys extraneus n. gen. n. sp. Peláez-Campomanes and López-Martínez 1996 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys sp. Stehlin 1916 primate
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium matronense Crochet 1979 marsupial
Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle
 Loricata -
Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975 crocodilian
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian