RT Journal Article
T1 Alto de Ballester, biogeographical consequences ofatypical MN 3 micromammal assemblages fromeastern Spain
A1 Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles
A1 García Paredes, Israel
A1 Hoek Ostende, Lars W. van den
A1 Montoya, Plinio
A1 Ruiz-Sánchez, Francisco J.
A1 Peláez Campomanes, Pablo
AB The small mammal assemblages from Alto de Ballester 1 and 2 in the Rubielos de Mora basin represent a unique faunal assemblage from the late early Miocene (Ramblian, MN 3). Together, the assemblages yielded five species of rodents (Peridyromys murinus, P. aff. murinus, P. aquatilis, Pseudotheridomys aff. fejfari and cf. Steneofiber depereti), and nine insectivores (Galericinae indet., Desmanella fejfari, Myxomygale minor, Desmanodon daamsi, Chainodus cf. sulcatus, Heterosorex sp., cf. Oligosorex thauensis, cf. Clapasorex alvarezae, and Paenelimnoecus cf. truyolsi). High abundance and diversity of insectivores, and the presence of a beaver and a dimylid show that the assemblages represent a humid, forested environment. This is in line with the palaeobotanical evidence of the basin. The two Alto de Ballester assemblages, which are very different from other Ramblian faunas, show that there was a variety of ecosystems on the Iberian Peninsula at this period, probably drier in the inland and more humid near the coastal zone.
PB Schweizerbart Science Publishers
SN 0375-0442
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18474
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18474
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 mar 2026