Buñol (Daams Collection) (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.4° N, 0.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.1° N, 1.1° E (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• early-mid, in the Collongensis Zone (De Bruijn & van Meurs 1967)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray, red, calcareous siltstone and lignite

• The sediments of the section consist of red and grey silts alternating with fine to very coarse conglomerates. At some places, thin limestone layers are intercalated. Near the top of the section the silts are grey and lignitic. The microfauna has been collected from the lowermost lignitic intercaltation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Daams and M. Freudenthal. 1974. Early Micene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Bunol (Prov. Valencia, Spain). Scripta Geologica 24:1-19 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35751: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 06.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.2
Gastropoda indet.2 Cuvier 1795 snail
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis penai1, Prolagus vasconiensis1
Prolagus vasconiensis1 Viret 1930 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion valencianum n. sp., Megacricetodon minor, Fahlbuschia cf. koenigswaldi, Democricetodon aff. hispanicus
Eumyarion valencianum n. sp. rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
M. minor primitivus
Fahlbuschia cf. koenigswaldi Freudenthal 1963 rodent
Democricetodon aff. hispanicus Freudenthal 1967 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus rubricati2, Miopetaurista diescalidus n. sp.3, Blackia miocaenica2, Spermophilinus bredai2
Miopetaurista diescalidus n. sp.3 Daams 1977 squirrel
P4, M1,2, m1,2, m3
Blackia miocaenica2 Mein 1970 squirrel
m3
Spermophilinus bredai2 von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Armantomys aragonensis1, Microdyromys sp.1, Glirudinus gracilis1, Glirudinus modestus1, Bransatoglis astaracensis2
Armantomys aragonensis1 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
P4, M1-3, m1, m3
Microdyromys sp.1 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
n. sp.
Glirudinus gracilis1 Dehm 1950 dormouse
P4, M1-3, p4, m1-3
Glirudinus modestus1 Dehm 1950 dormouse
p4, m1-3, P4, M1-3
Bransatoglis astaracensis2 Baudelot 1970 dormouse
M2, m1-2
1Daams 1974; 2Daams 1976; 3Daams 1977