Torrijos: Burdigalian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mastodontidae
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Mastodontidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Hispanotherium matritense
(de Prado 1864)
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78 specimens | |||||||||
| upper teeth: 1 D1, 2D2, 1D3, 2P1, 3 P2, 1 P3, 2 M3 plus fragments. Lower teeth, 1 I2, 1 D1, 1 D2, 2 D4 and 1 P3. postcrania: 9 3rd metacarpals, 1 4th metatarsal, 2 3rd metatarsal fragments, 6 calcanea, 4 astragali, 9 first phalanges, 7 second and 1 third. 22 carpals/tarsals. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium sp.
von Meyer 1844
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 lower I2, 1 phalange fragment. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible fragment with M2 and M3, 2 upper M3 and 1 incisor. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Miotragocerus sp.
Stromer 1928
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| lower teeth: 3 M3, 2 M2, 1 P4. 1 upper M2. 2 distal humeri, 4 carpals/tarsals, 4 distal tibiae, 3 astragali, 2 calcanea, 3 metapodia, 1 first phalange, 1 second. Many are epiphyses. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 scaphoid. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon mayor
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 lower M2. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 phalanges | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotonidae indet.
Thomas 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 molar. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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? Cricetidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 molar. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Heteroxerus sp.
Stehlin and Schaub 1951
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| upper left M1 and 2. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Geochelone sensu lato sp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Toledo |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 4.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 5.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Tajo Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Burdigalian, MN4b - MN5. Miocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40721 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-06-28 09:55:17 | Last modified: | 2004-06-28 12:55:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-28 09:55:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10966. | PACED | E. Aguirre, M. T. Alberdi, E. Jimenez, C. Martin Escorza, J. Morales, C. Sese, and D. Soria. 1982. Torrijos: nueva fauna con Hispanotherium de la cuenca media del Tajo. Acta Geologica Hispanica 17(1-2):39-61 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |