Also known as Menorca, Minorca
Where: Balearic Islands, Spain (40.1° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 1.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Similarity to the middle Miocene faunas of Mallorca (Santa Margalida and Sant Llorenç) suggests a Middle Miocene Age for Punta Nati 2.
Environment/lithology: karst; poorly lithified, red, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Bailon, J. Garcia-Porta, and J. Quintana-Cardona. 2002. Première découverte de Viperidae (Reptilia, Serpentes) dans les îles Baléares (Espagne): des vipères du Néogène de Minorque. Description d’une nouvelle espèce du Pliocène [The first record of viperid snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Balearic Islands (Spain): fossils from the Neogene, with description of a new species from the Pliocene] . Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(4):227-234 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136226: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 23.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gliridae sp. Muirhead 1819 dormouse | |
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