El Talladell, Tàrrega: Early/Lower Oligocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Hispanochampsa muelleri n. gen., n. sp. Kalin 1936
recombined as Diplocynodon muelleri
NMB Spa 4 (T1; Museum of Basel) - holotype (skull); referred material: NMB, Spa 4; NMB, Spa 73; IGME, 1565N; 1567N; IEI, 74; MMB, 28129; MCT, 1531; MCT 1528
Diplocynodon guerini n. sp. Bataller 1941
synonym of Diplocynodon muelleri
IGME 1565N (skull)
Diplocynodon marini n. sp. Bataller 1941
synonym of Diplocynodon muelleri
GME 745N and IGME1568N
Reptilia - Testudines
Chrysemys iberica n. sp. Bergounioux 1958
Hervet 2004
recombined as Cuvierichelys iberica
Musée de Géologie de Barcelone (Espagne) n° 4180. Also figured as Chrysemys lachati by Bergounioux 1928. Additional material figured as Chrysemys astrei by Bergounioux 1938.
Chrysemys elegans n. sp. Bergounioux 1958
Hervet 2004
synonym of Cuvierichelys iberica
type specimen lost
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomys crusafonti Thaler 1969
Thaler 1969
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Lleida County:Urgell
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 1.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 1.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene Zone: Theridomyx major
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcaries de Tàrrega
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MP23
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:143461
Authorizer:P. Mannion, D. Nicholson Enterer:P. Mannion, D. Nicholson
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-23 21:32:25 Last modified:2013-04-23 06:32:25
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-23 21:32:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46475. P. Piras and A. D. Buscalioni. 2006. Diplocynodon muelleri comb. nov., an Oligocene diplocynodontine alligatoroid from Catalonia (Ebro Basin, Lleida Province, Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):608-620 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
61449 L. Thaler. 1969. Rongeurs nouveaux de l'Oligocène Moyen d'Espagne. Palaeovertebrata 2:191-207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]