RT Journal Article
T1 Early Pliocene continental vertebrate Fauna at Puerto de la Cadena (SE Spain) and its bearing on the marine-continental correlation of the Late Neogene of Eastern Betics
A1 Piñero, Pedro
A1 Agustí, Jordi
A1 Oms Llobet, Oriol
A1 Montoya, Plini
A1 Mansino, Samuel
A1 Ruiz-Sánchez, Francisco
A1 Alba, David M.
A1 Alberdi, Maria Teresa
A1 Blain, Hugues-Alexandre
A1 Laplana, César
A1 Van der Made, Jan
A1 Mazo, Ana
A1 Morales Romero, Jorge
A1 Murelaga, Xabier
A1 Pérez-García, Adán
A1 Pérez-Valera, Fernando
A1 Pérez-Valera, Juan Alberto
A1 Sevilla, Paloma
A1 Soria, Jesús M.
A1 Romero, Gregorio
A1 Fierro, Ignacio
AB In this paper, we synthesize sedimentological, magnetostratigraphic and paleontological data from the continental vertebrate site of Puerto de la Cadena (Murcia, SE Spain), in order to clarify its age. The study site is located on the northern edge of the Carrascoy mountain range, in the upper part of the Cigarrón Unit. The end-Messinian discontinuity has been detected at the base of this unit, which indicates it has an early Pliocene age. Abundant remains of small and large vertebrates, including rodents, lagomorphs, primates, carnivorans, perissodactyls, artiodactyls, proboscideans, testudines, squamats, and crocodiles, have been found in this area. Some of these elements are of African origin, such as Debruijnimys sp., Macaca sp., and Sivatherium cf. hendeyi, and their presence is related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In addition, remains found at this site verify the persistence of Crocodylia in the European record beyond the late Miocene. The association includes typical elements of the early Ruscinian terrestrial record (MN14), like Apocricetus cf. barrierei, Sivatherium, Gazella aff. baturra, and Hipparion fissurae. The Puerto de la Cadena site is located in a reversed geomagnetic chron that has been correlated with C3n.3r (from 4.997 to 4.896 Ma). According to this correlation, the MN13/MN14 boundary has a minimum age of 4.9 Ma.
PB Elsevier
SN 0031-0182
YR 2017
FD 2017-08-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18569
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18569
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
NO Universidad del País Vasco
NO Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia
DS Docta Complutense
RD 30 abr 2024