Algora (Miocene of Spain)
Where: Spain (40.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 3.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 13 zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified carbonate
• "...fossil karstic breccia (Szyndlar, 1985:447)"
Collection methods: chemical,
• "All the material here analyzed comes from a single rock, roughly pyramindal, of about 35 cm. on its maximal length. (Szyndlar, 1984:447)"
Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar. 1985. Ophidian fauna (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the uppermost Miocene of Algora (Spain). Estudios Geologicos 41:447-465 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28625: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 20.02.2003