Mas Vilageliu (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.7° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vic-Manlleu Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Ebro Basin

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. Balaguer and D. M. Alba. 2016. A new dugong species (Sirenia, Dugongidae) from the Eocene of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Comptes Rendus Palevol [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Prototherium ausetanum n. sp. Balaguer and Alba 2016 dugong