PBDB Collection

Villarroya Basin (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.4° N, 2.1° W)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red, yellow, sandy, conglomeratic sandstone and lithified marl

• The first unit unconformably overlies the Cretaceous limestones. This unit, about 30 m thick, and mostly formed by lacustrine facies (white-yellowish marls and laminated limestones, and gray lutites) is organized as a deepening sequence. The lacustrine facies laterally inter- nger with a belt of reddish conglomerates, sandstones, and lutites related to alluvial fans feeding into the basin from the northern and western margins. The entire unit shows a ning-up evolution. The upper unit, about 70 m thick, con- sists in alluvial facies (brown-reddish conglomerates, sand- stones, and lutites), laterally related to yellow sandstones and lutites with coal and nodules of gypsum.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. L. Pueyo, A. Munoz, C. Laplana and J. M. Pares. 2015. The Last Appearance Datum of Hipparion in Western Europe: magnetostratigraphy along the Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in the Villarroya Basin (Northern Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences 105:2203-2220 [M. Uhen/J. So/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 25.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus etruscus Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Enhydrictis ardea Enhydrictis ardea Bravard 1828 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Canidae	Canidae indet., Vulpes alopecoides, Nyctereutes megamastoides Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx issiodorensis, Acinonyx pardinensis, Homotherium latidens, Megantereon cultridens, Viretailurus schaubi Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat Viretailurus schaubi cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pliocrocuta perrieri, Chasmaporthetes lunensis Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena Chasmaporthetes lunensis Del Campana 1914 hyaena
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse rocinantis crusafonti
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Hesperidoceras merlae, Gazella borbonica, Leptobos elatus, Pliotragus ardeus, Gazellospira torticornis, Megalovis sp. Hesperidoceras merlae antelope Gazella borbonica gazelle Leptobos elatus antelope Pliotragus ardeus Deperet 1883 antelope Gazellospira torticornis antelope Megalovis sp. Schaub 1924 antelope
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Arvernoceros ardei, "Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri, Croizetoceros ramosus Arvernoceros ardei Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer "Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix primigenia Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Mimomys cappettai Mimomys cappettai vole
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor fiber Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Anancus arvenensis Anancus arvenensis gomphothere