Santpedor-1 (Oligocene of Spain)

Also known as Sampedor; Santpedor 1; Costa de la Vila

Where: Cataluña, Spain (41.8° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 21 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• "MP 21 (Lower Oligocene)"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• red bed

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Institute of Paleontology M. Crusafont collection

Primary reference: S. Arbiol and A. Saez. 1988. Sobre la edad oligocénica inferior del yacimiento de Sanpedor (Cuenca del Ebro, provincia de Barcelona). Acta Geológica Hispánica 23(1):47-50 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212248: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotheriidae indet. Gray 1821 even-toed ungulate
Referred referred to Anoplotherium commune by Golpe (1982)
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus sp., "Paleotherium sp." = Palaeotherium
Plagiolophus sp. Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Originally identified as Plagiolophus annectens by Masachs et al. (1954)
"Paleotherium sp." = Palaeotherium Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
Originally identified as Paleotherium medium by Masachs et al. (1954)