TY - JOUR
T1 - Early to Middle Pleistocene rodent biostratigraphy of the Guadix-Baza Basin (SE Spain)
AU - Agustí, J.
AU - Lozano-Fernández, I.
AU - Oms, O.
AU - Piñero, P.
AU - Furió, M.
AU - Blain, H. A.
AU - López-García, J. M.
AU - Martínez-Navarro, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is part of projects CGL2012-38358 and GCL2011-28681 (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain), SGR2014-901 and SGR2014-416 (Gencat) and B120489SV18BC (Junta de Andalucía, Presencia humana y contexto paleoecológico en la Cuenca continental de Guadix-Baza. Estudio e interpretación a partir de los depósitos plio-pleistocenos de Orce (Granada, España). I. Lozano-Fernández was beneficiary of a pre-doctoral subsidy from the Fundación Atapuerca assigned to the IPHES. J.M. López-García is beneficiary of a Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral fellowship (2011BP-A00272) from the Generalitat de Catalunya, a grant co-funded by the European Union through the Marie Curie Actions of the 7th Framework Program for R + D. Pedro Piñero is beneficiary of a FPU predoctoral fellowship (FPU12/02668, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports).
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PY - 2015/12/2
Y1 - 2015/12/2
N2 - In this paper, a biozonation of the Pleistocene continental record of the Guadix-Baza Basin is proposed. This biozonation is based on the small mammal succession, which ranges from the earliest Pleistocene (ca. 2.6. Ma) to the Middle Pleistocene (ca. 0.3. Ma). A total of 9 biozones have been recognized, all based on the range or concurrent-range of arvicolid species. Therefore, seven biozones have been defined for the Early Pleistocene: Kislangia gusii Zone, Mimomys cf. reidi Zone, Mimomys (Tcharinomy)s oswaldoreigi Zone, Allophaiomys ruffoi Zone, Allophaiomys aff. lavocati Zone, Iberomys huescarensis Zone and Terricola arvalidens Zone. In the Middle Pleistocene of the basin two biozones have been recognized: Iberomys brecciensis-Arvicola mosbachensis Zone and Iberomys brecciensis-Arvicola aff. sapidus Zone. According to different dating methods, the duration of each Early Pleistocene biozone ranges between 0.4 and 0.1. My, with increasing resolution from the Earliest Pleistocene to the late Early Pleistocene. The small mammal succession reveals a high degree of endemism and a persistent Eastern Mediterranean influence, as opposed to Central and Eastern Europe. However, correlation with other Iberian and European sites has been possible on the basis of each biozone associated fauna.
AB - In this paper, a biozonation of the Pleistocene continental record of the Guadix-Baza Basin is proposed. This biozonation is based on the small mammal succession, which ranges from the earliest Pleistocene (ca. 2.6. Ma) to the Middle Pleistocene (ca. 0.3. Ma). A total of 9 biozones have been recognized, all based on the range or concurrent-range of arvicolid species. Therefore, seven biozones have been defined for the Early Pleistocene: Kislangia gusii Zone, Mimomys cf. reidi Zone, Mimomys (Tcharinomy)s oswaldoreigi Zone, Allophaiomys ruffoi Zone, Allophaiomys aff. lavocati Zone, Iberomys huescarensis Zone and Terricola arvalidens Zone. In the Middle Pleistocene of the basin two biozones have been recognized: Iberomys brecciensis-Arvicola mosbachensis Zone and Iberomys brecciensis-Arvicola aff. sapidus Zone. According to different dating methods, the duration of each Early Pleistocene biozone ranges between 0.4 and 0.1. My, with increasing resolution from the Earliest Pleistocene to the late Early Pleistocene. The small mammal succession reveals a high degree of endemism and a persistent Eastern Mediterranean influence, as opposed to Central and Eastern Europe. However, correlation with other Iberian and European sites has been possible on the basis of each biozone associated fauna.
KW - Arvicolids
KW - Biostratigraphy
KW - Guadix-baza basin
KW - Pleistocene
KW - Rodents
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.005
M3 - Article
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 389
SP - 139
EP - 147
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
ER -