Rubielos de Mora 2 (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (40.2° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 2.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)

• Used to be considered MN 4, on the basis of the presence of Neocometes

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn and J. G. Moltzer. 1974. The rodents from Rubielos de Mora; the first evidence of the existence of different biotopes in the Early Miocene of eastern Spain. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 77(2):129-145 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68041: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 29.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanodon daamsi n. sp. van den Hoek Ostende 1997 mole
 Rodentia -
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys simplicidens de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Myomimus aquatilis n. sp. de Bruijn and Moltzer 1974 dormouse
Myoglis sp. Baudelot 1966 dormouse
Glirudinus modestus Dehm 1950 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
association transitional between Pseudotheridomys and Ligerimys
Ligerimys sp. Schaub 1951 rodent