Where: Spain (40.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 3.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 13 zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified carbonate
Collection methods: chemical,
• "All the material here analyzed comes from a single rock, roughly pyramindal, of about 35 cm. on its maximal length. (Szyndlar, 1984:447)"
Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar. 1985. Ophidian fauna (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the uppermost Miocene of Algora (Spain). Estudios Geologicos 41:447-465 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28625: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 20.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake | |
Hispanophis coronelloideus n. gen. n. sp., Elaphe algorensis n. sp.
Hispanophis coronelloideus n. gen. n. sp. Szyndlar 1985 colubrid snake
Elaphe algorensis n. sp. Szyndlar 1985 colubrid snake | |
Naja iberica n. sp.
Naja iberica n. sp. Szyndlar 1985 cobra | |
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper |