Algezares de Teruel: Pliocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Palaeomerix meyeri
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Leuciscus pachecoi
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Enhydriodon lluecai n. sp. Villalta Comella and Crusafont Pairó 1945
recombined as Paludolutra lluecai
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella deperdita
Tragocerus amaltheus
entered as "Tragoceras amaltheus" (Tragoceras is an ammonite)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus cf. matheroni
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion gracile Guerin and Mein 1971
synonym of Hipparion depereti
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Mammut
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 40.3° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 1.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Pontian deposits of los Algezares
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gypsum
Lithology description: Gypsum
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: The taxonomic list was first reported in Gomez Llueca 1931 with the exception of Enhydriodon lluecai
Metadata
Database number:47790
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Wertheim
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-01 14:45:37 Last modified:2008-12-17 12:19:26
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-01 14:45:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11723.5% 45020J. F. Villalta Comella and M. Crusafont Pairó. 1945. Enhydriodon lluecai nova sp. el primer lútrido del pontiense español. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 43:383-396 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]