Also known as MDV5
Where: Aragon, Spain (40.4° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 3.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Alfambra Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• Middle Turolian, MN12, Late Miocene
Environment/lithology: black lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• Specimens are stored at the 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 35319: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.11.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
"Dibolia turolense" = Archaeodesmana turolense
"Dibolia turolense" = Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985 mole | |
"Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Ruscinomys schaubi
"Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 mouse
Ruscinomys schaubi mouse | |
Occitanomys adroveri Thaler 1966 mouse
Parapodemus gaudryi Dames 1883 mouse
"Valerymys turoliensis" = Huerzelerimys turoliensis Michaux 1969 mouse | |
Eliomys truci Mein and Michaux 1970 dormouse | |
Atlantoxerus adroveri squirrel
Spermophilinus turoliensis squirrel | |
Dipoides problematicus beaver |