Casablanca 3: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera latasti
Blain et al. 2007 7 specimens
7 trunk vertebrae
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Blain et al. 2007 152 specimens
"...152 vertebrae have only been referred to a "colubrine" indeterminated (pg. 283)"
Coronella girondica (Daudin 1803)
Blain et al. 2007 89 specimens
"1 supraoccipital, 1 left exoccipital and 87 trunk vertebrae (pg. 284)"
Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann 1804)
Blain et al. 2007 6 specimens
6 trunk vertebrae
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz 1822)
Blain et al. 2007 31 specimens
"1 right articular s.l. and 30 trunk vertebrae. (pg. 284)"
Reptilia - Natricidae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2007 2 specimens
2 trunk vertebrae
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Blain et al. 2007 567 specimens
"...skull bones (8 premaxillae, 16 frontals, 6 parietals, 4 jugals, 56 maxillae, 278 dentaries and 4 quadrates) and post-cranial bones (37 humeri, 59 femora, 3 tibiae, 25 vertebrae [among which 11 dorsal and 14 caudal] and 83 hemipelves). (pg. 278)"
Reptilia
Blanus cinereus Vandelli 1797
Blain et al. 2007 42 specimens
"21 dentaries and 21 trunk vertebrae. (pg. 276)"
Reptilia - Scincidae
Chalcides (cf. Chalcides) bedri
Blain et al. 2007 32 specimens
"3 dentaries and 29 vertebrae (10 trunk, 14 sacral and 5 caudal). (pg. 276)"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae
Allocricetus bursae duranciensis
Pliomys episcopalis
Allophaiomys chalinei
Allophaiomys nutiensis
Mimomys savini
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus aff. sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969
Micromys aff. minutus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Eliomys quercinus helleri
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
cf. Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837
Blain et al. 2007 1 specimen
distal fragment of left ilium
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Blain et al. 2007 2 specimens
2 ilia
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2007 24 specimens
"2 ilia, 3 scapulas, 6 humeri, 2 vertebrae, 3 radio-ulnae and 6 tibiofibulae. (pg. 274)"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Pelophylax (cf. Pelophylax) perezi Frost et al. 2006
Blain et al. 2007 9 specimens
"1 right frontoparietal, 2 mandibles, 1 sacral vertebra, 4 ilia, and 1 humerus (pg. 275)"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes (cf. Pelodytes) punctatus (Daudin 1802)
Blain et al. 2007 11 specimens
"1 distal fragment of left ilium, 4 humeri, 1 trunk vertebra, 4 radio-ulnae and 1 tibio-filbula (pg. 273)"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cultripes (Tschudi 1838)
Blain et al. 2007 5 specimens
"1 fragment of squamosal, 2 fragments of frontoparietal, 1 left ilium, and 1 distal fragment of tibiofibula. (pg. 29)"
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Castellon
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 0.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.9° North, 0.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Lower Biharian, beginning of the Middle Pleistocene, approximately 0.8Ma.
Lithology and environment
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Almenara 3
Database number:34932
Authorizer:A. Turner, J. Head Enterer:H. O'Regan, J. Head
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-20 06:51:13 Last modified:2003-10-20 09:51:53
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-20 06:51:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9381.PACED J. Agusti and A. Galobart. 1986. La sucesion de micromamiferos en el complejo carstico de Casablanca (Almenara, Castellon): problematica biogeografica. Paleontologia i Evolucio 20:57-62 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

43535 H.-A. Blain, S. Bailon, and J. Agustí. 2007. Anurans and squamate reptiles from the latest early Pleistocene of Almenara-Casablanca-3 (Castellón, East of Spain. Systematic, climatic and environmental considerations. Geodiversitas 29(2):269-295 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]