La Retama (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Cuenca, Spain (40.1° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 4.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN5 mammal zone, Orleanian (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; calcareous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. M. Sánchez, J. L. Cantalapiedra, M. Ríos, V. Quiralte, and J. Morales. 2015. Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla). PLoS One 10(12):e0143034 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 184756: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 21.03.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Xenokeryx amidalae n. gen. n. sp.
Xenokeryx amidalae n. gen. n. sp. Sánchez et al. 2015 ruminant