El Talladell, Tàrrega (Oligocene of Spain)

Where: Lleida, Spain (41.7° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Theridomyx major zone, Calcaries de Tàrrega Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• MP23

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: P. Piras and A. D. Buscalioni. 2006. Diplocynodon muelleri comb. nov., an Oligocene diplocynodontine alligatoroid from Catalonia (Ebro Basin, Lleida Province, Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):608-620 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143461: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.04.2013, edited by David Nicholson

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomys crusafonti2 Thaler 1969 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chrysemys iberica n. sp." = Cuvierichelys iberica1, "Chrysemys elegans n. sp." = Cuvierichelys iberica1
"Chrysemys iberica n. sp." = Cuvierichelys iberica1 Bergounioux 1958 turtle
Musée de Géologie de Barcelone (Espagne) n° 4180. Also figured as Chrysemys lachati by Bergounioux 1928. Additional material figured as Chrysemys astrei by Bergounioux 1938.
"Chrysemys elegans n. sp." = Cuvierichelys iberica1 Bergounioux 1958 turtle
type specimen lost
 Crocodylia -
"Hispanochampsa muelleri n. gen. n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri, "Diplocynodon guerini n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri, "Diplocynodon marini n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri
"Hispanochampsa muelleri n. gen. n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri Kalin 1936 crocodilian
NMB Spa 4 (T1; Museum of Basel) - holotype (skull); referred material: NMB, Spa 4; NMB, Spa 73; IGME, 1565N; 1567N; IEI, 74; MMB, 28129; MCT, 1531; MCT 1528
"Diplocynodon guerini n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri Kalin 1936 crocodilian
IGME 1565N (skull)
"Diplocynodon marini n. sp." = Diplocynodon muelleri Kalin 1936 crocodilian
GME 745N and IGME1568N