Buñol (Cerro de la Cruz): Burdigalian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Dicroceras elegans
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Helix sp.
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Pusilla sp.
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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? Nyctinomus sp.
Geoffroy 1818
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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"Mastodon sp.
Cuvier 1817
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| synonym of Mammut | ||||||||||
| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon angustidens
(Cuvier 1806)
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| recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | ||||||||||
| 1st published in Bergounioux and Crouzel 1957 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Hemicyon sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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? Amphicyon major
De Blainville 1841
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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? Semigenetta repelini
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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? Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus hispanicus
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| 14 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon splendens
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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cf. Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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cf. Palaeomeryx kaupi
von Meyer 1834
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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Cainotherium sp.
Bravard 1828
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Heterosorex sansaniensis
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Miosorex sp.
Kretzoi 1959
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galerix exilis
de Blainville 1839
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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? Lantanotherium sansaniensis
(Lartet 1851)
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Lagopsis penai
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Democricetodon romieviensis
Freudenthal 1963
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Megacricetodon collongensis
Mein 1958
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Pseudodryomys ibericus
de Bruijn 1966
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Miodyromys cf. hamadryas
Forsyth Major 1899
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Peridyromys sp.
Stehlin and Schaub 1951
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Heteroxerus rubricati
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Sciurus fissurae
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Ligerimys lophidens
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Ophidiidae
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Ophidiidae indet.
Rafinesque 1810
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Cyclostoma sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Limnaea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Adrover 1968 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Valencia |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 0.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 1.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Burdigalian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Secondary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40031 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Wertheim |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-15 17:15:39 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:10:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-15 17:15:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10857. | M. Crusafont Pairo and J. Truyols Santonja. 1957. Descubrimiento del primer yacimiento de mamiferos Miocenicos del la Cuenca Valenciana. Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana 48:3-22 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim] |
Secondary references:
| 10124 | 5% 40040 | R. Adrover. 1968. Los primeros micromamíferos de la cuenca valenciana, en Buñol (nota preliminar). Acta Geológica Hispánica 3:78-80 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Head] |