Rio Rubielos (MPV coll) (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Rubielos de Mora

Where: Spain (40.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 2.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Orleanian (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, gray, carbonaceous mudstone

• Lake probably ~5 km across. Lake probably ~5 km across. Basin related to activity of major ENE-WSW to NE-SW striking faults. Basin structure explained as a result of early-middle Miocene reactivation of basin-bounding fractures as normal faults.
• Laminated gray mudstones (oil shales) and interbedded rhythmite beds

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: MPV, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Valencia (Valencia, Spain)

Primary reference: P. Wegierek and E. Peñalver. 2002. Fossil representatives of the family Greenideidae (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) from the Miocene of Europe. Geobios 35:745-757 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Apis "sp. D"5
Apis "sp. D"5 Linnaeus 1758 honey bee
MPV-91-RM
 Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae
Conostigmus chthonios n. sp.8
Conostigmus chthonios n. sp.8 Peñalver and Engel 2006 wasp
MPV-357-RM
 Lepidoptera - Zygaenidae
? Zygaena turolensis1
? Zygaena turolensis1 Fernández-Rubio et al. 1991 moth
MPV-1295-RM
 Hemiptera - Tingidae
Derephysia penalveri n. sp.2
Derephysia penalveri n. sp.2 Golub and Popov 2000 lace bug
MPV-1072-RM
 Hemiptera - Miridae
Dicyphus rubusensis n. sp.7, Aragocylapus miocaenicus n. gen. n. sp.4
Dicyphus rubusensis n. sp.7 Peñalver and Baena 2000 plant bug
MPV-556-RM, 70-RM, 2244-RM
Aragocylapus miocaenicus n. gen. n. sp.4 Herczek et al. 2000 plant bug
MPV-60-RM
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Mollitrichosiphum rubusensis n. sp., Greenidea hispanica n. sp., Eutrichosiphum europaeum n. sp., Greenideoida (Pentatrichosiphum) turolensis
Mollitrichosiphum rubusensis n. sp. Wegierek and Peñalver 2002 aphid
MPV-79-RM, MPV-683-RM
Greenidea hispanica n. sp. Wegierek and Peñalver 2002 aphid
MPV-62-RM, MPV-642-RM
Eutrichosiphum europaeum n. sp. Wegierek and Peñalver 2002 aphid
MPV-261-RM
Greenideoida (Pentatrichosiphum) turolensis Wegierek and Peñalver 2002 aphid
MPV-63-RM
 Hemiptera - Phylloxeridae
Palaeophylloxera seilacheri n. gen. n. sp.3
Palaeophylloxera seilacheri n. gen. n. sp.3 Heie and Peñalver 1999 aphid
MPV-83-RM
Arachnida
 Opiliones - Sclerosomatidae
Cosmobunus sagani n. sp.6
Cosmobunus sagani n. sp.6 Palencia et al. 2019 harvestman
MPV-2417-RM
1Fernández-Rubio and Peñalver 1994; 2Golub and Popov 2000; 3Heie and Peñalver 1999; 4Herczek et al. 2000; 5Nel et al. 1999; 6Palencia et al. 2019; 7Peñalver and Baena 2000; 8Peñalver and Engel 2006