Peralejos C: Vallesian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Hispanomys peralensis n. sp.
van de Weerd 1976
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35 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Parapodemus sp.
Schaub 1938
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Parapodemus sp. A | ||||||||||
Progonomys hispanicus
van der Weerd 1976
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117 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Aragon |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 3.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Vallesian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Alfambra | ||||
Regional section: | Teruel-Alfambra | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Vallesian, Miocene, MN10. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'PERC is an 40-50cm black or greenish lignitic clay with molluscs, immediately below another limestone bed.' |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection |
Minimum sieve size: | 0.500 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Material stored in the collection of the Geologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. A large collection of small mammals was recovered. |
Metadata
Also known as: | PERC | ||
Database number: | 35306 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2003-11-26 08:27:16 | Last modified: | 2003-12-03 05:25:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-26 08:27:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9527. | PACED | A. van de Weerd. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra region, Spain. Utrecht Micropalaeontological Bulletins, Special Publication 2:1-217 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |