Tortajada A: Turolian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Eozapus intermedius
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Parapodemus lugdunensis
Schaub 1938
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Valerymys vireti
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24 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Occitanomys | ||||||||||
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Occitanomys sondaari n. sp.
van de Weerd 1976
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184 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Occitanomys (Rhodomys) sondaari | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Kowalskia fahlbuschi
Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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= Neocricetodon occidentalis
Aguilar 1982
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Freudenthal et al. 1998 | |||||||||
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Hispanomys freudenthali
van de Weerd 1976
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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= Hispanomys peralensis
van de Weerd 1976
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Freudenthal et al. 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys sp.
Wagner 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Eliomys sp. A. 1 lower M1, 1 lower M3. (both smaller than E. truci) | ||||||||||
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Eliomys truci
Mein and Michaux 1970
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Aragon |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 3.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alfambra | ||||
| Regional section: | Teruel-Alfambra | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: MN11, early Turolian, Late Miocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 'The basal part of the section belongs to the Peral formation. It consists of 2m of red sandstones with some scattered pebbles as well as thin layers of pebbles, followed by 1m of yellow sandstones. Next follows the Alfambra Formation: 0.2m of grey marl and lignite, 0.4m of grey limestone, a not exposed interval of 1m, 0.8m of grey marl (the TOA locality) with some very thin streaks of lignite, some molluscs and plants root imprints.' | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | 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: Specimens are stored at the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TOA | ||
| Database number: | 35311 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, L. van den Hoek Ostende | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-11-28 03:17:32 | Last modified: | 2003-12-03 05:29:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-28 03:17:32 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 19886 | M. Freudenthal, J.I. Lacomba, and E. Martín Suaréz. 1991. The Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Miocene of Crevillente (prov. Alicante, Spain). Scripta Geologica 96:9-46 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
| 19833 | M. Freudenthal, P. Mein, and E. Martín-Suárez. 1998. Revision of Late Miocene and Pliocene Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Spain and France. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7:11-93 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/D. van Oyen] |