Láchar-Fuensanta, Loma Taberneros Quarry: Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. major
Cuvier 1824
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Aguirre and Morales 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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= Mammuthus meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Aguirre and Morales 1990 | |||||||||
| Mammuthus meridionalis af. tamanensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Albacete |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.3° North, 2.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: In the Loma Taberneros Quarry. In terrace 60/70, of the Jucar River. Taman Faunal complex (c0.9-0.8Ma). |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: In a river terrace. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: There are two sites called Lachar - one in Granada, on in Albacete. This is the one in Albacete. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Aguirre & Morales (1990) say that Hippopotamus is associated with the Mammuthus remains, it has been entered. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lachar-Fuensanta, Loma Taberneros Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 40987 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-05 06:42:19 | Last modified: | 2004-07-05 09:42:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-05 06:42:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11050. | PACED | E. de Aguirre. 1963. Elephas meridionalis Nesti, en Fuensanta y Lachar; edad del hundimiento de la vega (Granada). Notas y Communs. Inst. Geol. y Minero de Espana 69:233-237 [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] |