Where: Granada, Spain (37.6° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 3.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• Miocene, Late Turolian, MN13.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. T. Alberdi, L. Alcala, B. Azanza, E. Cerdeno, A.V. Mazo, J. Morales, and C. Sese. 1989. Consideraciones biostratigraficas sobre la fauna de Vertebrados fosiles de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Granada, Espana). In A.T. Alberdi and F.P. Bonadonna (eds.), Geologia y Paleontologia de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza. Trabajos sobre el Neogeno Cuaternario, Museo National de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid (11)347-355 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35077: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Cricetus aff. kormosi Schaub 1930 mouse | |
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
Paraethomys aff. meini mouse
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse | |
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse | |
Atlantoxerus adroveri squirrel | |
Reptilia | |
Chalcides sp. Linnaeus 1758 skink | |
Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle | |
? Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle |