La Hidroeléctrica (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Madrid, Spain (40.4° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN5 mammal zone, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

• compact grey marly limestone (Peñuela Facies)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: found during construction excavation in 1921, 2006 and 2008

Primary reference: M. Pickford and J. Morales. 2016. Basal middle Miocene Listriodontinae (Suidae, Artiodactyla) from Madrid, Spain. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):369-406 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197673: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Hispanotherium matritense de Prado 1864 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium alberdiae anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium miocaenicum Crusafont-Pairo 1955 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946 ruminant
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora -
Proputorius sp. Filhol 1890 carnivoran
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae