Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3C: Bartonian, Spain
collected 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Stellomys sp.
Dichobunodontinae indet.
Haplobunodontinae indet.
Leptothiridium sp.
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Mammalia - Creodonta
Creodonta indet. (Cope 1875)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Pachynolophidae
Metaplagiolophus atoae n. gen., n. sp. Checa Soler 1993
Checa Soler 1993 3 specimens
IPS 9090 (holotype), skull. IPS 9091, 9092, hemimandibles
Mammalia - Robiacinidae
Robiacina sp. Sudre 1969
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia sp. Stehlin 1940
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. (Bowdich 1821)
cf. Ectropomys sp. Bosma and Schmidt-Kittler 1972
Mammalia - Rodentia - Remyidae
Frontanyamys russelli n. gen., n. sp. Quer and Agusti 2010
Quer and Agusti 2010 46 elements
Right m1–2, IPS-41700 (holotype). 1 d4, 1 p4, 12 m1–2, 3 m3, 2 D4, 3 P4, 18 M1–2, 3 M3. Also, 2 maxilla fragments with P4 and M1, and with M1 and M2.
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapis sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Anchomomys informal new species
133 elements
    = Anchomomys frontanyensis n. sp. Marigó et al. 2011
Marigó et al. 2011
IPS8429 (isolated M1-2, holotype), plus 132 referred teeth
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Microchoeridae indet. Lydekker 1887
Closely related to either Pivetonia or Pseudoloris
    = Pseudoloris pyrenaicus n. sp. Minwer-Barakat et al. 2010
Minwer-Barakat et al. 2010
Fragment of a right mandible with P 4 -M 3 (IPS46297). Three I 1 , three C 1 , one P 3 , four P 4 , one mandible fragment with M 1 -M 3 , three complete and two incomplete M 1 , six complete and one incomplete M 2 , three complete and one incomplete M 3 , six fragments of indeterminated lower molars, four complete and three incomplete I 1 , two C 1 , three P 2 , one P 3 , one complete and three incomplete P 4 , two com- plete and five incomplete M 1–2 , two M 3 . Catalogue num- bers IPS8448; IPS8628-IPS8632; IPS46289-IPS46296; IPS46298-IPS46343.
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctidae indet. Winge 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Barcelona County:Berguedà
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 2.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 1.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bellmunt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Sant Jaume de Frontanyà-3 has been attributed to the middle Bartonian, or Robiacian (MP14-15), based on the presence of Elfomys nov. sp. (Sudre et al., 1990; Quer and Agustí, 2010).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology: coal
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:mire/swamp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "palustrine"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,species names
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1990
Collection method comments: ICP: Institut de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Barcelona
Metadata
Also known as:SJF-3C
Database number:142030
Authorizer:J. Alroy, R. Butler Enterer:A. Garcia Selles, R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2013-04-04 11:09:02 Last modified:2016-10-16 13:11:22
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-04 11:09:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60605. S. Moya-Sola and M. Köhler. 1993. Middle Bartonian locality with Anchomomys (Adapidae, Primates) in the Spanish Pyrenees: Preliminary report. Folia Primatologica 60:158-163 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

60604 P. Busquets, E. Ramos-Guerrero, S. Moya-Sola, J. Agusti, F. Colombo, L. Checa, and M. Khöler. 1992. La Formacion de Bellmunt (Unidad del Cadi, Pirineo oriental): aportaciones bioestratigraficas de los sistemas lacustres y palustres asociados. Acta Geologica Hispanica 25:109-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen]
60610 L. Checa Soler. 1993. Avance descriptivo de un nuevo Paleotérido (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) del yacimiento eoceno de Sant Jaume de Forntanyà 3 (Fm. Bellmunt, Prepirineo catalán). Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 3:91-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46137 J. Marigó, R. Minwer-Barakat, and S. Moyà-Solà. 2011. New Anchomomys (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Robiacian (Middle Eocene) of northeastern Spain. Taxonomic and evolutionary implications. Journal of Human Evolution 60(5):665-672 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles]
46142 R. Minwer-Barakat, J. Marigó, and S. Moyà-Solà. 2010. A New Species of Pseudoloris (Omomyidae, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143:92-99 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles]
60611 R. Quer and J. Agusti. 2010. A new genus of rodents (Remyidae, Mammalia) from the Iberian Eocene. Palaeontology 53(1):53-58 [R. Butler/R. Butler]