Can Casablancas I: Vallesian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Helix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar and Rage 1999
'V. aspis complex'
Mammalia - Suidae
Parachleuastochoerus crusafonti Golpe-Posse 1972
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Catalonia County:Barcelona
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 2.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.8° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Altitude:192 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Vallesian
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 8.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Vallesian, "biozone 20a"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Szyndlar & Rage (1999) report a Vipera from "San Quirze" without specific assignment and without giving any further data, except of stratigraphy (MN 7 + 8). Since the present collection contains vertebrates from the Late Miocene (matching MN 7 + 8 quite well) of Sant Quirze, this snake is added to it, although it may come from elsewhere in that area (e.g. PBDB coll. no. 38976).
Metadata
Also known as:Cementerio de Sant Quirze, San Quirze
Database number:38975
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Mueller Enterer:J. Wertheim, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-05-18 10:39:00 Last modified:2012-11-30 10:12:28
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-18 10:39:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10430. M. Crusafont-Pairo and J. M. Golpe-Posse. 1974. Nuevos yacimientos del Terciario continental del N.E. de España. Acta Geologica Hispánica 9:81-83 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]

Secondary references:

43699 Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]