Where: Valencia, Spain (39.5° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Los Isidros Member (Venta del Moro-Villatoya Formation), Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• MN13, Latest Miocene, Ventian. The Los Isidros member is comprised of detrital material and is 300m thick. 'The beds are deformed into anticlines and synclines of low relief with maximum dip of 16 degrees along the flanks. The fossiliferous beds occur at the core of one anticline.'
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•Magnetostratigraphic correlation of VM with chron C3An indicates an estimated age of 6.23 Ma (Gibert et al., 2013), while the mammal assemblage implies a correlation with MN13 (Mein, 1990, 1999; De Bruijn et al., 1992) and, more precisely, the Teruel local biozone M3 (van Dam et al., 2006) within the late Turolian or Ventian mammal age (Morales et al., 2013).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; red conglomerate and lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Mathisen and J. Morales. 1981. Stratigraphy, facies and depositional environments of the Venta del Moro vertebrate locality, Valencia, Spain. Estudios Geologicos 37:199-207 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40758: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.06.2004, edited by Jonathan Marcot, Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Evangelos Vlachos, Philip Mannion and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort | |
Angiospermae | |
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova | |
Populus aff. tremula Linnaeus 1753 poplar
Salix aff. lavateri Heer 1856 willow
Salix media Heer 1856 willow | |
Fagus pliocaenica beech | |
Reptilia | |
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Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle | |
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Mammalia | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion gromovae Villalta and Crusafont 1957 hipparionine horse | |
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo | |
"Cervus pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus
"Cervus pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus Mennecart et al. 2017 deer | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
"Miotragocerus amalthea" = Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope
Parabos sp. Arambourg and Piveteau 1929 antelope
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928 antelope | |
Paracamelus sp.6 Schlosser 1903 camel upper teeth: maxilla with M1-M3, 1 M2, 1 M1. Two lower P3, 1 astragalus, 1 calcaneum, 1 navicular, 2 sets of cuboides, 1 distal first phlanage, 1 first phalange.
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"? Paramachairodus maximiliani" = Paramachaerodus, Amphimachairodus giganteus, Dinofelis sp.5, Felis christoli5
"? Paramachairodus maximiliani" = Paramachaerodus cat
Amphimachairodus giganteus Kretzoi 1929 cat | |
Thalassictis aff. hyaenoides hyaena | |
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Agriotherium roblesi n. sp.5
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Plesiogulo monspessulanus Viret 1939 mustelid carnivore | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Ruscinomys schaubi mouse | |
Occitanomys adroveri, Paraethomys miocaenicus, "Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi, Stephanomys ramblensis
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
Paraethomys miocaenicus mouse
"Apodemus primaevus" = Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976 mouse | |
Dipoides aff. problematicus beaver | |
Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Amphibia | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Gastropoda | |
Viviparus sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
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Bythinia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
Tudorella sp. Fischer 1885 periwinkle | |
Ancylus sp. Müller 1774 snail | |
Vertigo (Vertigo) sp. Müller 1773 slug | |
Helicidae sp. Rafinesque 1815 slug
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
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Valvata (Cineinna) piscinalis Müller 1774 snail | |
Theodoxus maculatus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. n. sp.
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Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772 | |
Ostracoda | |
Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod | |
Candona neglecta Sars 1887 ostracod |