Venta del Moro: Turolian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Planobarius aff. barelli
Planorbarius aff. barelli barelli
Anisas aff. mariae
Graecoryx aff. valenciennensi
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Tomistominae indet. Eastman 1902
    = cf. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Delfino et al. 2021
MGUV 14469, 14472, 14467, 18828, 14470, 14816, 18835, 14466, 14475, 14436-14462, 14468, 14490, 14502, 14607, 15853, 16001–16006, 18932, 24317, 25923– 25926, 25993, 14463–14465, 14471, 14473, 14474; reported as Crocodylus cf. C. checchiai by Montoya et al. (2006)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinae indet.
Jimenez 1976
    = Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Vlachos 2017
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys cf. batalleri
Jimenez 1976
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium roblesi n. sp.
Morales and Aguirre 1976
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo monspessulanus Viret 1939
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Morales and Aguirre 1976
    = Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mathisen and Morales 1981
    = Eucyon debonisi Montoya et al. 2009
Montoya et al. 2009
Nyctereutes cf. donnezani Depérer 1890
Morales and Aguirre 1976
    = Nyctereutes aff. donnezani Depérer 1890
Mathisen and Morales 1981
    = Eucyon debonisi n. sp. Montoya et al. 2009
Montoya et al. 2009
MGUV 14780 (VV-1549), fragment of right maxilla with P2, P4-M2; MGUV 14781 (VV-1624), fragment of left maxilla with I3-M2; MGUV 14779 (VV-1522), right mandible with p2–p3 (all one individual; holotype)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sivalensis
Morales and Aguirre 1976
    = Thalassictis aff. hyaenoides
Mathisen and Morales 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924
Morales and Aguirre 1976
Machairodontini indet. Gill 1872
Morales and Aguirre 1976
    = Amphimachairodus giganteus Kretzoi 1929
Mathisen and Morales 1981
? Paramachairodus maximiliani
original and current combination Paramachaerodus
Felis christoli
Morales and Aguirre 1976
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Two species of Hipparion sp. I and II.
Hipparion gromovae Villalta and Crusafont 1957
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incisivum (Cuvier 1824)
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
Mammalia - Suidae
Propotamochoerus provincialis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Paracamelus sp. Schlosser 1903
Morales et al. 1980 12 specimens
upper teeth: maxilla with M1-M3, 1 M2, 1 M1. Two lower P3, 1 astragalus, 1 calcaneum, 1 navicular, 2 sets of cuboides, 1 distal first phlanage, 1 first phalange.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus pyrenaicus (Mennecart et al. 2017)
recombined as Croizetoceros pyrenaicus
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Bovidae
Miotragocerus amalthea (Roth and Wagner 1854)
recombined as Tragoportax amalthea
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928
Parabos sp. Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus cf. michauxi
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cf. kormosi Schaub 1930
    = Apocricetus alberti Freudenthal et al. 1998
Freudenthal et al. 1998
Ruscinomys schaubi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976
Occitanomys adroveri (Thaler 1966)
Paraethomys miocaenicus
Apodemus primaevus Hugueney 1965
synonym of Parapodemus gaudryi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides aff. problematicus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium ex gr. minimum Muller 1774
Carychium gr. minimum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Helicidae sp. Rafinesque 1815
Cepaea sp. Held 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Vertiginidae
Vertigo (Vertigo) sp. Müller 1773
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Ancylus sp. Müller 1774
Planorbis (Plantorbis) planorbis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata (Cineinna) aff. inflata
Valvata (Cineinna) piscinalis (Müller 1774)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Theodoxus maculatus
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis narsolina
Melanopsis narsolina gigantea
Melanopsis laevigata
Melanopsis requenensis
Melanopsis sp. Férussac 1807
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Pomatiidae
Tudorella sp. Fischer 1885
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia aff. schlosseri
(sensu Robles and Goy, 1972)
Gastropoda - Amnicolidae
Bythinia sp. (Leach 1818)
original and current combination Bithynia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium ex gr. casertanunt
Pisidium gr, casertanunt
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. n. sp. Philipsson 1788
Two new Unio species.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Ilyocypris gibba (Ramdohr 1808)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona neglecta Sars 1887
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753
Acer aff. pseudocreaticum
Acer aff. magnini
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix aff. lavateri Heer 1856
Salix media Heer 1856
Populus aff. tremula Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus aff. nerifolia
Fagus pliocaenica
Charales - Characea
Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Valencia
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 2.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Turolian
Age range of interval:8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Venta del Moro-Villatoya Member:Los Isidros
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: MN13, Latest Miocene, Ventian. The Los Isidros member is comprised of detrital material and is 300m thick. 'The beds are deformed into anticlines and synclines of low relief with maximum dip of 16 degrees along the flanks. The fossiliferous beds occur at the core of one anticline.'

Magnetostratigraphic correlation of VM with chron C3An indicates an estimated age of 6.23 Ma (Gibert et al., 2013), while the mammal assemblage implies a correlation with MN13 (Mein, 1990, 1999; De Bruijn et al., 1992) and, more precisely, the Teruel local biozone M3 (van Dam et al., 2006) within the late Turolian or Ventian mammal age (Morales et al., 2013).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red conglomerate
Secondary lithology: lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 'Red, polymictic cross bedded conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone and concretionary carbonate facies.' The fossils occur in a small lignite level in the lowest 4m of the section.
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:40758
Authorizer:A. Turner, P. Mannion, B. Allen, J. Marcot, E. Vlachos, L. van den Hoek Ostende Enterer:H. O'Regan, B. Allen, J. Marcot, P. Mannion, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:PACED
Created:2004-06-30 04:29:41 Last modified:2020-08-20 03:08:07
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-30 04:29:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10999.PACED M. Mathisen and J. Morales. 1981. Stratigraphy, facies and depositional environments of the Venta del Moro vertebrate locality, Valencia, Spain. Estudios Geologicos 37:199-207 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

62999 E. Cregut-Bonnoure and E. Tsoukala. 2017. The Pliocene Artiodactyla and Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Gephyra (lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece). Discovery of a new boselaphine. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
73479 M. Delfino, À H. Luján, J. Abella, D. M. Alba, M. Böhme, A. Pérez-Ramos, E. Tschopp, J. Morales, and P. Montoya. 2021. Late Miocene remains from Venta del Moro (Iberian Peninsula) provide further insights on the dispersal of crocodiles across the late Miocene Tethys. Journal of Paleontology 95(1):184-192 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
19833 M. Freudenthal, P. Mein, and E. Martín-Suárez. 1998. Revision of Late Miocene and Pliocene Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Spain and France. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7:11-93 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/D. van Oyen]
11047PACED E. Jimenez. 1976. Quelonios fosiles de Venta del Moro (Valencia). Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:117-128 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
85437 P. Montoya, J. Morales, and J. Abella. 2009. Eucyon debonisi n. sp., a new Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the latest Miocene of Venta del Moro (Valencia, Spain). Geodiversitas 31(4):709-722 [B. Allen/B. Allen]
11045PACED J. Morales and E. Aguirre. 1976. Carnivoros de Venta del Moro. Trabajos sobre Neogeno-Cuaternario 5:31-81 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
11000PACED J. Morales, D. Soria, and E. Aguirre. 1980. Camelido finimioceno en Venta del Moro. Primera cita para Europa Occidental. Estudios Geologicos 36:139-142 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
62170 E. Vlachos. 2017. Personal opinions. [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]