Tolosa: Late/Upper Miocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Paraethomys miocaenicus
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 upper M2, 1 upper M3, 5 lower M2. | ||||||||||
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Apodemus primaevus
Hugueney 1965
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Parapodemus gaudryi | ||||||||||
| 3 upper M1, 1 upper M2, 1 lower M2. | ||||||||||
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Stephanomys ramblensis
van de Weerd 1976
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| 3 upper M1, 1 upper M3, 1 lower M3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus cf. michauxi
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| 5 teeth including an upper P2 and a lower P3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmanella crusafonti
Rümke 1974
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 upper M1, 1 upper M3, 1 lower M2 fragment, 1 lower M3. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania sp.
Lamarck 1800
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| synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis sp.
Férussac 1807
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Albacete |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 1.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° North, 2.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 520 meters |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alcala | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Messinian, Late Miocene. Fossils obtained from the clay and lignites. |
Lithology and environment
| Geology comments: There are layers of clay intercalated with marl and lignite. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Rock censused: | 300 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: The fossils were recovered by washing. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41930 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-22 08:06:08 | Last modified: | 2004-07-22 12:51:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 08:06:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11202. | PACED | P. Mein, E. Moissenet, and G. Truc. 1978. Les Formations continentales du Neogene superieur des vallees du Jucar et du Cabriel au ne d'Albacete (Espagne). Biostratigraphie et environment. Documents des laboratoires de Geologie de Lyon 72:99-147 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |