Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.4° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mimomys cappettai vole | |
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine | |
Leptobos elatus, Gazellospira torticornis, Pliotragus ardeus, Megalovis sp., Hesperidoceras merlae, Gazella borbonica
Leptobos elatus antelope
Gazellospira torticornis antelope
Pliotragus ardeus Deperet 1883 antelope
Megalovis sp. Schaub 1924 antelope
Hesperidoceras merlae antelope
Gazella borbonica gazelle | |
Arvernoceros ardei Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros | |
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Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
Chasmaporthetes lunensis Del Campana 1914 hyaena | |
Homotherium latidens, Megantereon cultridens, Acinonyx pardinensis, Lynx issiodorensis, Viretailurus schaubi
Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat
Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah
Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog | |
Enhydrictis ardea Bravard 1828 mustelid carnivore | |
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Anancus arvenensis gomphothere |