Las Planas 5B, 4C (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Tempestia ovilis type

Where: Zaragoza, Spain (41.2° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Zone G1, Upper Aragonian and Zone E, Middle Aragonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1976-1983

Primary reference: R. Daams. 1989. Miscellaneous Gliridae from the Miocene of the Calatayud-Teruel Basin, Aragón, Spain. Scripta Geologica 89:13-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34514: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Tempestia ovilis n. sp. Daams 1989 dormouse