Cerro de Batallones 1 (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.2° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 4.6° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: MN 10 (9.7 - 8.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Peigné, M. J. Salesa, M. Antón and J. Morales. 2005. Ailurid carnivoran mammal Simocyon from the late Miocene of Spain and the systematics of the genus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):219-238 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78514: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 07.02.2008, edited by Mark Uhen, Patricia Holroyd, Evangelos Vlachos and Graham Slater

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
cf. Palaeochelys sp.2 Meyer 1847 turtle
-Mauremys group. Elementos del caparazón desarticulados, entre los que se incluyen una placa nucal (BAT-1-8645), varias periferales (BAT-1-8647) y un hipoplastrón derecho (BAT-1-8646)
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Paleotestudo cf. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua2
"Paleotestudo cf. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua2 Bronn 1831 turtle
Varios caparazones articulados y relativamente completos, correspondientes a individuos adultos y juveniles (BAT-1’05-E3-86, BAT-1’02-E6-179, BAT-1-984, BAT-1- 4252, BAT-1-8648), así como placas desarticuladas, incluyendo periferales (BAT-1-3080) y elementos del plastrón (BAT-1- 4140)
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Palaeortyx joleaudi5 Ennouchi 1930 pheasant
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Styriofelis vallesiensis" = Leptofelis vallesiensis3
"Styriofelis vallesiensis" = Leptofelis vallesiensis3 Salesa et al. 2012 cat
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Simocyon batalleri Viret 1929 red panda
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Magericyon anceps n. gen. n. sp.1
Magericyon anceps n. gen. n. sp.1 Peigné et al. 2008 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Austroportax sp.4 Sickenberg 1929 antelope