Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.1° N, 2.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.5° N, 1.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• "Pliocene" according to Villalta (1952), "Villafranquiense" according to Villalta (1956)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, sandy mudstone and red, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. F. Villalta Comella. 1952. Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna de mamíferos fósiles del Plioceno de Villaroya (Logroño). Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 64:1-201 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38892: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 13.05.2004, edited by Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog | |
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Gazellospira torticornis1, "Hesperoceras merlae n. gen. n. sp." = Pliotragus ardeus5, Leptobos elatus1, Gazella borbonica2, Megalovis sp.2
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