Valdeganga 1 (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Albacete, Spain (39.2° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 2.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• MN16b, Villafranchian, Middle/Late Pliocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: P. Mein, E. Moissenet, and G. Truc. 1978. Les Formations continentales du Neogene superieur des vallees du Jucar et du Cabriel au ne d'Albacete (Espagne). Biostratigraphie et environment. Documents des laboratoires de Geologie de Lyon 72:99-147 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41931: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 22.07.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
1 upper D4, 1 upper P3.
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana inflata Rümke 1985 Russian desman
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962 long-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys aff. quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys rex vole
1 lower M1.
 Rodentia - Muridae