Where: Soria, Spain (41.1° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 2.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)
• Ruscinian = Alfambrian, MN15, Middle Pliocene.
•Site was found during iron mine prospecting in 1966. It is a karst deposit in Jurassic magnesiferous limestones.
Environment/lithology: karst
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• The mine prospcetors hole was enlarged to 5x4x4 metres and some bones were recovered during this excavation in 1967, Later excavations from 1972 onwards were conducted by dividing the site into 2m squares and sieved.
•Site discoverd by Aguirre and excavated by Crusafont, Aguirre and Michaux.
Primary reference: E. Aguirre and D. Soria. 1981. Accumulated bones in a Pliocene cave in Cerro Pelado, Spain. National Geographic Society Research Reports 13:69-81 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40548: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.06.2004, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
cf. Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Vipera maxima n. sp.5 Szyndlar 1988 pit viper 1 trunk vertebra (MNCN 10032 = holotype), 19 precaudal vertebrae (MNCN 10033 to 10048)
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cf. Macroprotodon sp.5 Guichenot 1850 false smooth snake 1 "tiny" vertebra (MNCN 10026), a re-identification of Coronella sp. as listed by Jaén & Sanchiz (1985)
Malpolon mlynarskii n. sp.5 Szyndlar 1988 colubrid snake 1 anterior braincase (MNCN 10000 = holotype), 27 precaudal vertebrae (MNCN 10001 to 10025)
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Dolichopithecus ruscinensis Depéret 1889 monkey | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Castillomys crusafonti, Rhagapodemus frequens, Anthracomys meini, Stephanomys donnezani, Occitanomys brailloni, Apodemus cf. dominans, Apodemus jeanteti
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Rhagapodemus frequens mouse
Anthracomys meini mouse
Stephanomys donnezani mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus jeanteti Eurasian field mouse | |
Trilophomys pirenaicus mouse
Mimomys stehlini vole
Ruscinomys europaeus Depéret 1890 mouse
Blancomys neglectus mouse | |
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
Hypnomys sp. Bate 1918 Balearic Dormice | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Oryctolagus laynensis rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Prolagus ibericus pika | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew | |
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Lynx aff. issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx | |
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Gazella borbonica gazelle
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope | |
Hipparion fissurae Crusafont and Sondaar 1971 hipparionine horse | |
Dicerorhinus miquelcrusafonti rhinoceros |