Nombrevilla: Vallesian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Paleotestudo antiqua (Bronn 1831)
Pérez-García 2017
original and current combination Testudo antiqua
several disjointed plates of the plastron and, especially, of the carapace. They are the neural MNCN 35515 (Figs 6v-6ac), four neurals recognized as MNCN 35527 (Figs 6v- 6w), the neural MNCN 57288; the costals MNCN 35521 and MNCN 35523; the peripherals MNCN 35507, MNCN 35509 (Fig. 6y), MNCN 35510, MNCN 35514, MNCN 35516, MNCN 35520 (Fig. 6z) and MNCN 355272; the entoplastra MNCN 35511 (Fig. 6ac) and MNCN 35527 (Fig. 6ab); and the hyoplastron MNCN 35508 (Fig. 6aa).
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium sampelayoi n. sp. Villalta and Crusafont 1945
Salesa et al. 2004
recombined as Sinohippus sampelayoi
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Kretzoiarctos n. gen. beatrix (Abella et al. 2011)
Abella et al. 2012
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon cf. larteti
Freudenthal 1967
Democricetodon minor (Lartet 1851)
Freudenthal 1967
D. minor sulcatus
Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964
Freudenthal 1968
Megacricetodon debruijni Freudenthal 1968
Freudenthal 1968
Megacricetodon gregarius (Schaub 1925)
Freudenthal 1968
M. gregarius ibericus
Cricetodon decedens Schaub 1925
recombined as Cricetodon (Hispanomys) decedens
N. decedens nombrevillae nov. subsp.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys dehmi de Bruijn 1966
de Bruijn 1966
recombined as Myomimus dehmi
P. dehmi nombrevillae nov. subsp.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati
de Bruijn and Mein 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zaragoza
Coordinates: 41.1° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 2.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:965 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Local bed:Hipparion
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:35876
Authorizer:J. Alroy, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen Enterer:E. Leckey, L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-01-08 13:49:03 Last modified:2004-01-08 15:49:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-08 13:49:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9640. M. Freudenthal. 1966. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion-Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part I. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology 67(5):296-317 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]

Secondary references:

63046 J. Abella, D. M. Alba, J. M. Robles, A. Valenciano, C. Rotgers, R. Carmona, P. Montoya and J. Morales. 2012. Kretzoiarctos gen. nov., the oldest member of the giant panda clade. PLoS One 17:e48985 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9385 H. de Bruijn. 1966. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion-Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 69(3):367-387 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
9679 H. de Bruijn and P. Mein. 1968. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion-Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel Basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part V. The Sciurinae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology 71(1):73-90 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
93085% 41400M. Freudenthal. 1967. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel Basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part II Democricetodon and Rotundomys (Rodentia). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology 70(30):298-315 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
9678 M. Freudenthal. 1968. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion-Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel Basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part IV. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology 71(1):57-72 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
65661 A. Pérez-García. 2017. Analysis of the Iberian Aragonian record of Paleotestudo, and refutation of the validity of the Spanish ‘Testudo catalaunica’ and the French ‘Paleotestudo canetotiana’. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):321-340 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]
26412 M. J. Salesa, I.M. Sanchéz, and J. Morales. 2004. Presence of the Asian horse Sinohippus in the Miocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):189-196 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]