Where: Castellon, Spain (40.0° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 1.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by E. Penalver
• Repositories: Museo Paleontologico Municipal de Valencia (MPV RIB-) (later Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Valencia)
Primary reference: E. Peñalver, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. Insectos del Mioceno inferior de Ribesalbes (Castellón, España). Paleoptera y Neoptera poli- y paraneoptera. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 5:15-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140792: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Oedipodinae indet. Walker 1871 band-winged grasshopper MPV RIB-70, 102, 123, 188, 189, 190, 226, 227, 228, 243, 262
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"Tettigonia aff. veridissima" = Tettigonia viridissima
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Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant MPV RIB-11, 13, 22, 35, 41, 50, 75, 105, 141, 153, 155, 225(x3)
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Anisoptera indet. Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854 true dragonfly MPV RIB-23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 76, 154, 268 (larvae)
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