Sossis: Priabonian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Geiseltaliellus sp.
Kuhn 1944
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IPS 56090, partial left dentary with twelve teeth (eight complete) | ||||||||||
Geiseltaliellus pradiguensis
Auge 2007
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56093, partial right dentary with four teeth; IPS 56094, partial right maxilla with four teeth (three complete); IPS 59521, fragment of ?dentary with five teeth; IPS 59523, five fragments of dentary with teeth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Scincoidea indet.
Oppel 1811
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56061, partial left dentary with two teeth; IPS 56168, fragment of right dentary with one tooth | ||||||||||
= Pyrenasaurus evansae
Bolet and Auge 2014
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Bolet and Auge 2014 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Cordylidae
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Pseudolacerta sp.
De Stefano 1903
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56164, partial right dentary with eight teeth (five complete); IPS 56165, fragment of dentary with two teeth; IPS 56152, anterior part of right dentary with five (broken) teeth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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? Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56193, ?dentary fragment with five preserved teeth; ?IPS 56052, fragment of tooth-bearing bone with one tooth. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Cordyliformes indet.
Fitzinger 1826
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 49848, more than 300 body osteoderms; and less certainly IPS 56195, anterior (symphyseal region) fragment of left dentary with two preserved teeth. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 49847a, elongated body osteoderm; IPS 49847b, thousands of elongated body osteoderms; IPS 49851a, rounded body osteoderm; IPS 49851b, more than 100 rounded body osteoderms; IPS 56082, partial dorsal vertebra; IPS 56162, two body osteoderms; IPS 56234, two partial vertebrae; IPS 56085, posterior fragment of parietal; IPS 56086, posterior fragment of a right frontal; IPS 56080, dorsal vertebra; IPS 56081, 37 partial vertebral centra, condyles showing tendency to be triangular in ventral view; IPS 56083, multiple vertebral condyles; IPS 59486, 30 body osteoderms; IPS 56159, body osteoderm; IPS 56231, three body osteoderms; IPS 59490, four fragments of vertebrae; IPS 59504, vertebra condyle; IPS 59509, three body osteoderms; IPS 59487, two vertebral condyles; and less certainly: IPS 59473, vertebral centrum; IPS 59496, four partial vertebrae; IPS 56128, tooth-bearing bone with one broken tooth; 56129, maxilla fragment with one broken tooth; IPS 56130, anterior fragment of left maxilla; IPS 56136, fragment of left dentary with one broken tooth. | ||||||||||
Glyptosaurinae indet.
Marsh 1872
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56167, fragment of ?dentary with two preserved teeth; IPS 56149, fragment of ?maxilla with one preserved tooth; IPS 56150, fragment of maxilla with one preserved tooth. | ||||||||||
Glyptosaurini indet.
Sullivan 1979
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 49845a, hexagonal skull osteoderm; IPS 49845b, skull osteoderm with unusual shape; IPS 49845c, 25 skull osteoderms with unusual shapes; IPS 49845d, >600 hexagonal skull osteoderms; IPS 49845e skull osteoderm; 59477, seven skull osteoderms; IPS 59497, two hexagonal skull osteoderms; IPS 59468, hexagonal skull osteoderm; IPS 59485, 28 skull osteoderms; IPS 59508, two skull osteoderms; IPS 59527, 22 worn skull osteoderms. IPS 49846a, body osteoderm; IPS 49846b, >700 body osteoderms; IPS 49846c, >1300 fragments of osteoderm; IPS 49846d, rounded body osteoderm; IPS 49846e, rounded body osteoderm; IPS 49846f, 50 rounded body osteoderms; IPS 56068, skull bone fragment with two fused osteoderms; IPS 56069, skull bone fragment with one fused osteoderm; IPS 56070, skull bone fragment with two fused osteoderms; IPS 56071, skull bone fragment with one fused osteoderm; IPS 56072, skull bone with one fused osteoderm; IPS 56073, skull bone with one fused osteoderm; IPS 56075, skull bone with one fused osteoderm; IPS 59526, skull osteoderm; IPS 59528, body osteoderm. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Blanidae
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cf. Blanidae indet.
Kearney 2003
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56062, partial left dentary with five broken teeth; IPS 56063, almost complete dorsal vertebra; IPS 56064, almost complete dorsal vertebra; IPS 56155, partial dorsal vertebra. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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? Lacertidae informal amblyodont form
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56169, fragment of left dentary with three preserved teeth; and, less certainly: IPS 56102, posterior left dentary fragment with two preserved teeth; ?IPS 56036, posterior left dentary fragment with two worn teeth; IPS 49913, right dentary fragment with two preserved teeth; IPS 56067, anterior portion of left maxilla with three preserved teeth; and IPS 56170, anterior portion of right maxilla with three preserved teeth. | ||||||||||
Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 49855, eleven dentary fragments; IPS 56043, partial left frontal; IPS 56044, IPS 56045, ?IPS 56047, fragments of right frontal; ?IPS 56166 (Figure 4.11), partial fused frontal; IPS 59479, fragment of frontal; IPS 56046, fragment of parietal; IPS 56053, fragment of right maxilla with three preserved teeth; IPS 56055, fragment of right dentary with two broken teeth; IPS-56058, fragment of right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56066, anterior region of left dentary with eight preserved teeth. | ||||||||||
Dormaalisaurus rossmanni
Augé and Smith 2002
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 59524, partial left dentary with four preserved teeth; IPS 56048, partial right maxilla with six preserved teeth; IPS 56049, partial right maxilla with four preserved teeth; IPS 56060, four fragments of dentary with few preserved teeth; IPS 56089 partial right maxilla with three preserved teeth + partial left dentary with five broken teeth; IPS 56097, right dentary fragment with one tooth; IPS 56127, posterior fragment of left dentary with two preserved teeth. | ||||||||||
Dormaalisaurus girardoti
Augé and Smith 2002
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56056, partial right dentary with two teeth; IPS 56051, fragment of left maxilla with four teeth; IPS 56054, fragment of right dentary with three preserved teeth; IPS 56059, anterior end of maxilla with two preserved teeth; IPS 59525, dentary and maxilla fragments | ||||||||||
Gracilicerta sindexi
Augé 2005
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56171, partial left dentary with eight preserved teeth (Figure 4.4); IPS 49854, fragment of left dentary with three preserved teeth; IPS 49856, fragment of left dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56050, fragment of left maxilla with two preserved teeth. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Iguania indet.
Cuvier 1817
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
Unidentifiable pleurodont iguanian material lacking diagnostic characters: IPS 49853, IPS 56092, IPS 56138- 56144, IPS 56230, IPS 56232, IPS 59481, IPS 59501, IPS 59506, IPS 59522, tooth-bearing bone fragments; ?IPS 56109, partial frontal; ?IPS 56091, partial parietal | ||||||||||
Gekkota informal Form A
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56176, partial right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56178, partial right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56065, partial right maxilla with one preserved tooth. | ||||||||||
Gekkota informal Form B
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56132, partial left dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56116, fragment of right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56133, fragment of left dentary; IPS 56172, partial right dentary with three broken teeth; IPS 56182, fragment of right dentary; IPS 56183, anterior portion of right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56184, fragment of right dentary with two broken teeth; IPS 56185, anterior portion of right dentary; IPS 56186, fragment of ?right dentary with two broken teeth; IPS 56187, fragment of right dentary with two broken teeth; IPS 56188, fragment of ?right dentary; IPS 56192, anterior portion of right dentary with three broken teeth; IPS 59499, fragment of dentary with one broken tooth; IPS 59511, partial dentaries and fragments of dentaries | ||||||||||
Gekkota informal Form C
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 56117, fragment of right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56173, partial right dentary with five broken teeth; IPS 56174, fragment of right dentary with two teeth; IPS 56175, anterior region of a right dentary with six broken teeth; IPS 56177, partial right dentary with one preserved tooth; IPS 56180, fragment of ?left dentary with five broken teeth; IPS 56190, anterior portion of left dentary with three broken teeth. | ||||||||||
Gekkota indet.
Cuvier 1817
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Bolet and Evans 2013 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Additional gekkotan material: IPS 59478, partial fused premaxilla ; IPS 56114, left dentary fragment with two preserved teeth; IPS 56115, left dentary fragment with two teeth; IPS 56120, fragments of dentaries; IPS 56179, fragment of right dentary with four broken teeth; IPS 56181, fragment of right dentary with four broken teeth; IPS 56189, fragment of dentary with two broken teeth; IPS 56191, fragments of dentaries; IPS 59520, fragments of dentaries. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Peratherium perriense
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Peratherium lavergnense
Crochet 1979
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Saturninia pirenaica
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Euronyctia montana
Sigé 1997
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Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Anchilophus dumasi
Gervais 1849
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Palaeotherium medium
Cuvier 1804
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Palaeotherium magnum
Cuvier 1804
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Palaeotherium crassum
Cuvier 1805
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Plagiolophus annectens
Owen 1847
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Xiphodontidae
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Dichodon cervinum
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
Haplomeryx euzetensis
Depéret 1917
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 5888, IPS 5842, IPS 14859, IPS 14860 | ||||||||||
Xiphodon intermedium
Stehlin 1910
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 30 specimens | ||||||||
Leptotheridium lugeoni
Stehlin 1910
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IPS 5817 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Anoplotheriidae
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Dacrytherium ovinum
(Owen 1857)
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 23 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cebochoeridae
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Acotherulum sp.
Gervais 1850
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 29660-29666 | ||||||||||
Cebochoerus helveticus
(Pictet and Humbert 1869)
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Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. 2006 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
IPS 5889, 5887, 5867 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis exilis
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon minor
Lange-Badré 1979
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Gliravus robiaciensis
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Treposciurus mutabilis
Schmidt-Kittler 1970
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Theridomys euzetensis
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Paradelomys crusafonti n. sp.
Thaler 1966
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
UM 1882 - type | ||||||||||
Estellomys ibericus n. sp.
Thaler 1966
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Marigó et al. 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Two right M1/2s, Sabadell Museum, holotype, UM.1918, paratype, UM.1887 | ||||||||||
Pseudoltinomys cf. phosphoricus
Hartenberger 1973
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Elfomys parvulus
Hartenberger 1971
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapis sp.
Cuvier 1822
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
Adapis parisiensis
Blainville 1841
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Nievesia sossisensis n. gen., n. sp.
Marigó et al. 2013
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Microchoerus erinaceus
Wood 1844
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
= Microchoerus hookeri n. sp.
Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017
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Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
ICP IPS62073 - type | ||||||||||
Pseudoloris parvulus
(Filhol 1890)
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis sp.
Leidy 1868
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Leptictis sp.
Leidy 1868
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Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemyidae indet.
Matthew 1909
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Marigó et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Apatemyidae indet.
Matthew 1909
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Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Heterohyus nanus
Teihard de Chardin 1916
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Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Catalonia | County: | Lerida |
Coordinates: | 42.3° North, 1.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 2.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene |
*International age/stage: | Priabonian - Priabonian | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Ludien - Early/Lower Ludien |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:incomplete |
Metadata
Database number: | 31751 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Fara, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, P. Barrett | Enterer: | E. Fara, A. Garcia Selles, P. Mannion, T. Cleary |
Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-05-24 09:24:42 | Last modified: | 2016-10-18 09:00:32 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2003-08-24 09:24:42 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13338. | M. Crusafont-Pairo and J. M. Golpe Posse. 1975. Les prosimiens de l'Eocene de la region preaxiale pyrenaique. II. Adapidae. Colloque international CNRS. Problemes actuels de paleontologie-evolution des vertebres (218)851-860 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara] |
Secondary references:
59249 | A. Bolet and M. Auge. 2014. A new miniaturized lizard from the late Eocene of France and Spain. The Anatomical Record 297(3):505-515 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
59250 | A. Bolet and S. E. Evans. 2013. Lizards and amphisbaenians (Reptilia, Squamata) from the late Eocene of Sossís (Catalonia, Spain). Palaeontologia Electronica 16(1):8A [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
60662 | M. A. Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares, L. Checa Soler, and L. Casanovas Cladellas. 2006. Artiodáctilos del yacimiento de Sossís (Eoceno superior, Cuenca Prepirenaica, Península Ibérica). Revista Española de Paleontología 21(2):123-144 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
46140 | J. Marigó, R. Minwer-Barakat, and S. Moyà-Solà. 2013. Nievesia sossisensis, a new anchomomyin (Adapiformes, Primates) from the early Late Eocene of the southern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution 64(5):1-13 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles] | |
60630 | R. Minwer-Barakat, J. Marigo, J. Femenias-Gual and S. Moya-Sola. 2015. New material of Pseudoloris parvulus (Microchoerinae, Omomyidae, Primates) from the Late Eocene of Sossís (northeastern Spain) and its implications for the evolution of Pseudoloris. Journal of Human Evolution 83:74-90 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
62203 | R. Minwer-Barakat, J. Marigó, J. Femenias-Gual, L. Costeur, S. De Esteban-Trivigno and S. Moyà Solà. 2017. Microchoerus hookeri nov. sp., a new late Eocene European microchoerine (Omomyidae, Primates): New insights on the evolution of the genus Microchoerus. Journal of Human Evolution 102:42-66 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
8517 | 5% 7400 | J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen] |