Arquillo 3: Ruscinian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis baranensis Kormos 1934
? Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys cf. donnezani
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969
Paraethomys meini
Apodemus jeanteti
Apodemus aff. dominans
Castillomys aff. crusafonti Michaux 1969
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pliopetaurista pliocaenica
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cf. angustidens Depéret 1890
Blancomys dubius
Ruscinomys europaeus Depéret 1890
Trilophomys cf. pyrenaicus Depéret 1890
Mimomys occitanus Thaler 1955
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Trischizolagus cf. maritsae de Bruijn et al. 1970
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus michauxi
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Mammalia - Soricidae
Episoriculus cf. gibberodon Petenyi 1864
unclassified
Petenyniella gracilis
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragon County:Teruel
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 1.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Pliocene - Early/Lower Pliocene
*International age/stage:Zanclian - Zanclian *Local age/stage:Ruscinian - Ruscinian
Key time interval: Ruscinian Zone:  base of the MN 5 level
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Not to be confused with Arquillo 1 and 2, two sites that are separated from Arquillo 3 by a fault and that are older (MN 13).
Metadata
Database number:32104
Authorizer:E. Fara Enterer:E. Fara
Modifier:E. Fara Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-06-05 03:50:24 Last modified:2003-06-05 06:50:39
Access level:database members Released:2003-06-05 03:50:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8633.5% 28860J. Chaline, P. Mein, and R. Adrover. 1981. Mimomys occitanus de Villalba Alta et Arquillo 3 (Espagne). Géobios 14(6):821-826 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]