Moheda (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.2° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• age is implied to be Miocene, but not stated

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Pickford and J. Morales. 1998. A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 237(4):285-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96054: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Lorancahyus daamsi n. sp. Pickford and Morales 1998 peccary