Peralejos D: Vallesian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Eozapus intermedius
2 specimens
1 upper M1, 1 incisor.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Parapodemus sp. Schaub 1938
Parapodemus sp. A
Progonomys hispanicus van der Weerd 1976
61 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hispanomys sp. (Mein and Freudenthal 1971)
1 specimen
Hispanomys sp. A. 1 lower M3
Hispanomys peralensis van de Weerd 1976
15 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus cf. dehmi (de Bruijn 1966)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Aragon
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 2.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° North, 3.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Vallesian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Alfambra
Regional section:Teruel-Alfambra
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Vallesian, Miocene, MN10.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'PERD corresponds to 50cm of reddish brown, lens-shaped marly clay with abundant small molluscs, sandwiched between limestone beds.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Material stored in the collection of the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. A large collection of small mammals was recovered, plus some Hipparion teeth.
Metadata
Also known as:PERD
Database number:35307
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-11-26 08:31:21 Last modified:2003-12-03 05:26:23
Access level:the public Released:2003-11-26 08:31:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9527.PACED A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]