Where: Balearic Islands, Spain (39.6° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• "The mammalian fauna of this deposit (Bover et al., 2007, Quintana et al., in press) suggests that the colonization event occurred during the MSC (5.6–5.32 My ago, according to [Clauzon et al., 1996, Krijgsman et al., 1999]). Consequently, a very Early Pliocene age is suggested for the site" (Bailon et al., 2010).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified, red, silty breccia

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: "The material is curated at the Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avancats (IMEDEA), Esporles, Mallorca, Spain" (Bailon et al., 2010).

Primary reference: S. Bailon, P. Bover, J. Quintana and J. A. Alcover. 2010. First fossil record of Vipera Laurenti 1768 “Oriental vipers complex” (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Early Pliocene of the western Mediterranean islands. Comptes Rendus Palevol 9(4):147-154 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136065: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 16.11.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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