Capella (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (42.2° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 2.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lissieu or Egerkingen Level zone, Escanilla Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Crusafont-Pairo and J. M. Golpe Posse. 1975. Les prosimiens de l'Eocene de la region preaxiale pyrenaique. II. Adapidae. Colloque international CNRS. Problemes actuels de paleontologie-evolution des vertebres (218)851-860 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31633: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.05.2003, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• ref. 8715 reports only on artiodactyls and primates
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Iberosuchus macrodon1 Antunes 1975 crocodilian
Teeth (Collection de l'Instituto Provincial de Paleontologia de Sabadell)
Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudoloris sp.3, "Pivetonia isabenae" = Pseudoloris isabenae2
Pseudoloris sp.3 Stehlin 1916 tarsier
"Pivetonia isabenae" = Pseudoloris isabenae2 Crusafont Pairó 1967 tarsier
 Primates - Adapidae
? Arisella capellae3 Crusafont Pairó 1967 primate
"Adapis priscus" = Leptadapis (Paradapis) priscus Stehlin 1916 primate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
? Pseudamphimeryx sp.3 Stehlin 1919 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus suillus3 even-toed ungulate