Also known as Valdeganga III
Where: Albacete, Spain (39.2° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Valdeganga Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Latest Pliocene, MN17. The richest fossil locality, 15+ metres high.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
• Fossils recovered by washing.
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 41933: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 22.07.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse | |
Desmana inflata Rümke 1985 Russian desman | |
Stephanomys progressus mouse
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Micromys aff. minutus harvest mouse | |
Eliomys aff. quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse | |
Prolagus calpensis pika | |
Oryctolagus cf. laynensis rabbit |