Nivel X-Fisura, Los Valles de Fuentiduenya (Segovia): Vallesian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sanchiz 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 sacral fragment | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Latonia cf. seyfriedi
von Meyer 1843
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Sanchiz 1981 | 29 specimens | ||||||||
2 mandibles, 2 maxillae, 1 premaxilla, plus postcrania. | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandridae indet.
Gray 1825
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Sanchiz 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
1 vertebral fragment, 1 rib. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Atlantoxerus adroveri
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Sese Benito and Lopez Martinez 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 lower left P4. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus cf. crusafonti
López Martinez 1977
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Sese Benito and Lopez Martinez 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 upper right M2. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galerix socialis
von Meyer 1865
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Sese Benito and Lopez Martinez 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 upper P3. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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? Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Jimenez Fuentes 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
small carapace fragment. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo aff. catalaunica
Bataller 1926
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Jimenez Fuentes 1981 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Testudo antiqua | ||||||||||
carapace fragments. | ||||||||||
Testudo sp. n. sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jimenez Fuentes 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Testudo sp. (nov. sp.?) (aff. catalaunica Batller, 1926). carapace fragments. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Sanchiz 1981 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
8 vertebrae, 12 vertebral fragments. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Amphisbaenidae
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
Gray 1865
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Sanchiz 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 vertebral fragment. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Sanchiz 1981 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
2 maxillae, 4 vertebrae, 37 dermal scales. | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Rutilus pachecoi
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Doadrio 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
2 pharangeal teeth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain |
Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 0.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 1.2° West |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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
Local bed: | X-Fisura | ||||
Regional section: | Duero Basin | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Miocene, MN9-10. There are 5 levels with fossil remains, level X is the highest in the section (approximately 100m above level Y3). |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'Microconglomerado de gravas y arenas de cuarzo que rellena el micropaleorrelieve carstico anterior. Presenta cambios laterales a limos y arcillas verdes laminates y arcillas marron-negruzcas ricas en materia organica. Las zonas conglomeratidos estan cementadas por cabonatos hojosos muy porosos y blanquecinos, posiblemente edaficos. Aparecen algunos cantos blandos y huesos muy dispersos. Potencia variable de 10 a 40 centimetros. Excepto en 'X-fisura', donde la potenci es algo mayor.'P. 349. | |
Environment: | alluvial fan |
Geology comments: A pond system with a little alluvial fan in which most of the bones have been found. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nivel X-Fisura, Los Valles de Fuentidueña | ||
Database number: | 40765 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-06-30 07:13:40 | Last modified: | 2004-06-30 11:25:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-30 07:13:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11005. | PACED | M. Hoyos, M. A. Garcia del Cura, and S. Ordonyez. 1981. Caracteristicas geologicas de yacimiento de los Valles de Fuentiduenya (Segovia). Estudios Geologicos 37:345-351 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
11006 | PACED | I. Doadrio. 1981. Restos de la ictiofauna del Mioceno de Los Valles de Fuentidueña (Segovia). Estudios Geologicos 37:353-354 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
11009 | PACED | E. Jimenez Fuentes. 1981. Primeros testudinidae (Chelonia) del Vallesiense de Los Valles de Fuentidueña (Segovia). Estudios Geologicos 37:359-368 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
11007 | PACED | B. Sanchiz. 1981. Nota sobre la herpetofauna Miocenica de los Valles de Fuentidueña (Segovia). Estudios Geologicos 1981:355-358 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
11010 | PACED | C. Sese Benito and N. Lopez Martinez. 1981. Los micromammiferos (insectivora, rodentia y lagomorpha) de Vallesiense inferior de Los Valles de Fuentidueña (Segovia, España). Estudios Geologicos 37:369-381 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |