Orrios (Pliocene of Spain)

Also known as ORR

Where: Aragon, Spain (40.6° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 3.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Alfambra Formation, Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• MN14-15, Early Pliocene.

Environment/lithology: gray marl

• 'The mammals have been recovered from a lens of dark grey marl, about 30-50cm thick, containing some molluscs. The lens is intercalated in well bedded white marly limestones.'

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• Material held in the collections of Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht.

Primary reference: A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35343: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 02.12.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
"Dibolia brailloni" = Archaeodesmana brailloni
"Dibolia brailloni" = Archaeodesmana brailloni Rümke 1985 mole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys intermedius
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Trilophomys pyrenaicus
Trilophomys pyrenaicus Depéret 1890 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Castillomys crusafonti, Apodemus dominans, Occitanomys sp., Stephanomys sp., Paraethomys meini
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
Castillomys crusafonti gracilis n. subsp.
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
1 upper M1 frag., 2 upper M2 frags. Occitanomys sp. A.
Stephanomys sp. Schaub 1938 mouse
Stephanomys sp. A.