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
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Mammalia | |
Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Hispanotherium matritense de Prado 1864 rhinoceros | |
Anchitherium alberdiae anchitheriine horse | |
Cainotherium miocaenicum Crusafont-Pairo 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946 ruminant
Amphitragulus sp. Pomel 1847 ruminant | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Proputorius sp. Filhol 1890 carnivoran | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Zygolophodon turiciensis mastodon |