Valdeganga 3 (Pliocene of Spain)

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana inflata Rümke 1985 Russian desman
 Rodentia - Muridae
Castillomys crusafonti Michaux 1969 mouse
new subspecies.
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
Micromys aff. minutus harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys aff. quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae