Where: La Rioja, Spain (42.4° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 2.1° W)
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red, yellow, sandy, conglomeratic sandstone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. L. Pueyo, A. Munoz, C. Laplana and J. M. Pares. 2015. The Last Appearance Datum of Hipparion in Western Europe: magnetostratigraphy along the Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in the Villarroya Basin (Northern Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences 105:2203-2220 [M. Uhen/J. So/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 25.11.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anancus arvenensis gomphothere | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox | |
Enhydrictis ardea Bravard 1828 mustelid carnivore | |
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Chasmaporthetes lunensis Del Campana 1914 hyaena
Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena | |
Lynx issiodorensis, Acinonyx pardinensis, Viretailurus schaubi, Homotherium latidens, Megantereon cultridens
Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah
Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat
Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat | |
Gazella borbonica, Hesperidoceras merlae, Pliotragus ardeus, Gazellospira torticornis, Megalovis sp., Leptobos elatus
Gazella borbonica gazelle
Hesperidoceras merlae antelope
Pliotragus ardeus Deperet 1883 antelope
Gazellospira torticornis antelope
Megalovis sp. Schaub 1924 antelope
Leptobos elatus antelope | |
Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus perrieri" = Praeelaphus perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Arvernoceros ardei Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer | |
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros | |
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Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine | |
Mimomys cappettai vole | |
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver |