Villacastin (Zone C, level 7) (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Segovia, Spain (40.8° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 4.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Fossils are from a trench and associated fissure below, preserved in sand from weathering of surrounding upper Cretaceous sediments.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill and medium-grained sandstone

• 7 cam of meium-grained sand

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: A. Arribas. 1994. El yacimiento mesopleistoceno de Villacastin (Segovia, Espana): geologia y paleontologia de micromamiferos. Boletin Geologico y Minero 105:146-166 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36522: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 02.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Abundance data refers to total recovered from locality and isn't separated by level, so it isn't statistically useful
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp.
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
25 specimens total
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus arvalis
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
10 specimens total
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys querzinus
Eliomys querzinus dormouse
12 specimens total
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
cf. grenalensis; minimum number of individuals=67