La Piquera in central Iberian Peninsula: A new key vertebrate locality for the Early Pliocene of western Europe

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dc.contributor.authorPiñero, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMartín Perea, David Manuel
dc.contributor.authorSevilla, Paloma
dc.contributor.authorAgustí, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorBlain, Hugues Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorFurió, Marc
dc.contributor.authorLaplana Conesa, César
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-22T12:57:20Z
dc.date.available2023-06-22T12:57:20Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe introduce the new vertebrate site of La Piquera (Duero Basin, central Iberian Peninsula), provide a detailed description of the lithostratigraphy and present a preliminary faunal list. The fossil vertebrate association includes amphibians (with representatives of the families Salamandridae, Alytidae, Pelodytidae, and Bufonidae), squamate reptiles (with members of the families Agamidae, Lacertidae, Anguidae, Scincidae, Blanidae, ?Erycidae, and Colubridae/Psammophiidae), and mammals (with representatives of the families Soricidae, Erinaceidae, Muridae, Cricetidae, Gerbillidae, Gliridae, Sciuridae, Vespertilionidae, Rhinolophidae, Miniopteridae, Megadermatidae, Leporidae, Prolagidae, and Bovidae). The association indicates an intermediate biostratigraphic position between the southern Iberian sites of Sifón-413 (at about 5.33–5.23 Ma) and Botardo-D (between 4.79 and 4.63 Ma), the new locality being correlated with the earliest Ruscinian (lower part of the MN14 unit). The ecological affinities of the identified small vertebrates suggest the presence of a landscape dominated by open herbaceous meadows in the surroundings of the fossil-site during the earliest Pliocene, with the occasional presence of woodland patches and stable water bodies under relatively dry and warm environmental conditions. La Piquera therefore enhances our knowledge on the vertebrate community recorded in central Iberian Peninsula during the earliest Pliocene. With more than 1200 remains, La Piquera becomes a key locality for the Early Pliocene of southwestern Europe, central Spain, where this time-span is poorly represented.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Geológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneralitat de Catalunya
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union Next- GenerationEU/PRTR
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/77850
dc.identifier.doi10.4202/app.01013.2022
dc.identifier.issn0567-7920
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.4202/app.01013.2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73361
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleActa Palaeontologica Polonica
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final46
dc.page.initial23
dc.publisherPolish Academy of Sciences, Institue of Paleobiology
dc.relation.projectIDCEX2019-000945-M
dc.relation.projectID2017SGR-859
dc.relation.projectIDPRP-PID2021-123092NB-C21
dc.relation.projectIDPRP-PID2021-122533NB-I00
dc.relation.projectIDIJC2020-044108-I
dc.relation.projectIDMCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.cdu567/569“6235”(460.188)
dc.subject.keywordAmphibia
dc.subject.keywordReptilia
dc.subject.keywordMammalia
dc.subject.keywordherpetofauna
dc.subject.keywordmicromammals
dc.subject.keywordbiochronology
dc.subject.keywordpalaeoecology
dc.subject.keywordDuero Basin
dc.subject.keywordSpain
dc.subject.keywordEarly Pliocene
dc.subject.ucmPaleontología
dc.subject.unesco2416 Paleontología
dc.titleLa Piquera in central Iberian Peninsula: A new key vertebrate locality for the Early Pliocene of western Europe
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number68
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