Barranco De Los Conejos (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (36.8° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 3.2° W)

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• above Olduvai subchron, perhaps 1.5–1.7 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Martin, A. Tesakov, J. Agusti and K. Jonston. 2017. Orcemys, un nouveau genre de rongeur arvicolidé du Pléistocène inférieur du bassin de Cadix–Baza, Espagne méridionale. Comptes Rendus Palevol [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190805: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Orcemys giberti n. gen. n. sp.
Orcemys giberti n. gen. n. sp. Martin et al. 2017 vole