Villalba Baja 1: Turolian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Stephanomys ramblensis
van de Weerd 1976
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Dibolia luteyni n. sp.
Rümke 1985
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Rümke 1985 | ||||||
| recombined as Archaeodesmana luteyni | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Aragon |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° 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: MN13, Late Turolian, Late Miocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 'The fossiliferous outcrop was a lens of marl, intercalated in a thick succession of soft white marly limestones. The lens was entirely removed during the sampling.' | |
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: 'The lens was entirely removed during the sampling.' Material held in the collections of Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht.
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| Taxonomic list comments:Only Stephanomys ramblensis was found. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | VB1 | ||
| Database number: | 35342 | ||
| 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: | 2003-12-02 07:15:01 | Last modified: | 2003-12-03 05:36:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-02 07:15:01 |
| 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:
| 23416 | C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |