Moratines: Orleanian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone bolivari
(Hernandez-Pacheco 1917)
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41 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Titanochelon bolivari | ||||||||||
| Bones and carapace fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Pseudailurus lorteti
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 upper canine. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible with D4-M1 and 1 upper I3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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Cainotherium miocaenicum
Crusafont-Pairo 1955
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 upper M3, 1 premolar. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Miotragocerus sp.
Stromer 1928
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1 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Triceromeryx pachecoi
Villalta et al. 1946
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 maxilla with M1-M3, 1 upper P4, 1 mandible with P4-M1 and 1 distal humerus fragment. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| numerous fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 maxilla fragments, 1 lower M3, 1 lower incisor, plus numerous cranial fragments. 1 distal humerus, 1 astragalus, 3 proximal metapodia, 1 distal metapodial, 2 first phalanges and many carpal and tarsal fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Lagopsis penai
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 lower P3, 1 lower molar, 1 upper P2, 1 upper molar and 2 molar fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Megacricetodon minor
Lartet 1851
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 upper M1. Megacricetodon minor cf. collongensis. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Pseudodryomys robustus
de Bruijn 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 maxilla with P4-M3. | ||||||||||
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Armantomys aragonensis
de Bruijn 1966
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Lower teeth: 1 M2, 2 M3. 3 upper M1-2. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Heteroxerus rubricati
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Lower teeth: 2 M1-2, 2 M3. Upper teeth: 1 P4, 3 M1-2, 1 M3. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Madrid |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 3.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 5.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Orleanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.00000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Ceratinly older than MN6, probably MN4b, Middle Orleanian, Middle Miocene. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: 50 cm by 1m was excavated in a rescue excavation by the 'Equipo de Vertebrados del Instituto de Geologia del CSIC de Madrid.' | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40747 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-30 02:45:17 | Last modified: | 2004-06-30 05:45:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-30 02:45:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10996. | PACED | M. T. Alberdi, E. Jimenez, J. Morales and C. Sese. 1981. Moratines: pimeros micromamiferos en el Mioceno Medio del area de Madrid. Estudios Geologicos 37:291-305 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |