Layna, Cerro Pelado: Ruscinian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar 1988 | 1 element | ||||||||
1 "tiny" vertebra (MNCN 10031) | ||||||||||
Vipera maxima n. sp.
Szyndlar 1988
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Szyndlar 1988 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
1 trunk vertebra (MNCN 10032 = holotype), 19 precaudal vertebrae (MNCN 10033 to 10048) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Elapidae
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cf. Naja sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar 1988 | |||||||||
no number of specimens given | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Malpolon mlynarskii n. sp.
Szyndlar 1988
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Szyndlar 1988 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
1 anterior braincase (MNCN 10000 = holotype), 27 precaudal vertebrae (MNCN 10001 to 10025) | ||||||||||
cf. Macroprotodon sp.
Guichenot 1850
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Szyndlar 1988 | 1 element | ||||||||
1 "tiny" vertebra (MNCN 10026), a re-identification of Coronella sp. as listed by Jaén & Sanchiz (1985) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus miquelcrusafonti
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion fissurae
Crusafont and Sondaar 1971
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos sp.
Rutimeyer 1878
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Gazella borbonica
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodontinae indet.
Gill 1872
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Machairodontini indet. | ||||||||||
Felinae indet.
Trouessart 1885
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Felini indet. | ||||||||||
Lynx aff. issiodorensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena pyrenaica
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= Hyaena donnezani
Viret 1954
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Aguirre and Morales 1990 | |||||||||
Euryboas lunensis
(Del Campana 1914)
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= Chasmaporthetes lunensis
Del Campana 1914
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Aguirre and Morales 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes donnezani
Depérer 1890
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Soria and Aguirre 1976 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus ruscinensis
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Soria and Morales 1976 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
1 mandible fragment with M1, 1 lower M2 fragment, | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Paenelimnoecus pannonicus
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Crochet 1986 | |||||||||
Episoriculus gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Trilophomys pirenaicus
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Mimomys stehlini
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Blancomys neglectus
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Ruscinomys europaeus
Depéret 1890
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Occitanomys brailloni
Michaux 1969
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Castillomys crusafonti
Michaux 1969
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Anthracomys meini
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Apodemus cf. dominans
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Apodemus sp. cf. dominans | ||||||||||
Apodemus jeanteti
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Stephanomys donnezani
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Rhagapodemus frequens
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Hypnomys sp.
Bate 1918
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Eliomys intermedius
Priant 1953
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus aff. michauxi
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Prolagus ibericus
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Oryctolagus laynensis
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Dolichopithecus ruscinensis
Depéret 1889
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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cf. Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Soria |
Coordinates: | 41.1° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 2.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Ruscinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Ruscinian = Alfambrian, MN15, Middle Pliocene.
Site was found during iron mine prospecting in 1966. It is a karst deposit in Jurassic magnesiferous limestones. |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | karst indet. |
Geology comments: red karst deposit. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: The mine prospcetors hole was enlarged to 5x4x4 metres and some bones were recovered during this excavation in 1967, Later excavations from 1972 onwards were conducted by dividing the site into 2m squares and sieved.
Site discoverd by Aguirre and excavated by Crusafont, Aguirre and Michaux. |
Metadata
Database number: | 40548 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, J. Mueller, L. van den Hoek Ostende | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende, T. Liebrecht |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-06-25 04:28:07 | Last modified: | 2004-06-25 07:28:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-25 04:28:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10947. | PACED | E. Aguirre and D. Soria. 1981. Accumulated bones in a Pliocene cave in Cerro Pelado, Spain. National Geographic Society Research Reports 13:69-81 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
10948 | PACED | E. Aguirre and J. Morales. 1990. Villafranchian faunal record of Spain. Quartärpaläontologie 8:7-11 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/T. Liebrecht] |
19698 | J.-Y. Crochet. 1986. Insectivores pliocènes du sud de la France (Languedoc-Roussillon) et du nord-est de l'Espagne. Palaeovertebrata 16(3):145-171 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
11046 | PACED | D. Soria and E. Aguirre. 1976. El canido de Layna: revision de los Nyctereutes fosiles. Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:83-116 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
11048 | PACED | D. Soria and J. Morales. 1976. Hallazgo de un Ursido en el yacimiento de Layna (Soria). Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:129-140 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
43604 | Z. Szyndlar. 1988. Two new extinct species of the Genera Malpolon and Vipera (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Pliocene of Layna (Spain). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31:607-706 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |