TY - JOUR
T1 - Soricidae (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Tollo de Chiclana (Guadix Basin, Southern Spain)
AU - Minwer-Barakat, Raef
AU - Garci ́a-Alix, Antonio
AU - Sua ́rez, Elvira Martín
AU - Freudenthal, Matthijs
PY - 2010/3/1
Y1 - 2010/3/1
N2 - The fossil shrews (Soricidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Pliocene continental deposits of Tollo de Chiclana (Guadix Basin, southern Spain) are described. Remains of Asoriculus gibberodon, Blarinoides aliciae, Petenyia hungarica, Paenelimnoecus pannonicus, Myosorex meini, and an indeterminated species of Soricidae have been recognized. With the exception of A. gibberodon, these species are very uncommon in the south of the Iberian Peninsula; in fact, this finding represents the first record of Petenyia, Blarinoides, Paenelimnoecus, and Myosorex in the Guadix Basin. The changes in the abundance of Soricidae in the studied levels indicate wet and warm climatic conditions during the late Ruscinian and early Villanyian, and a decrease in the temperature and precipitation in the late Villanyian. © 2010 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
AB - The fossil shrews (Soricidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Pliocene continental deposits of Tollo de Chiclana (Guadix Basin, southern Spain) are described. Remains of Asoriculus gibberodon, Blarinoides aliciae, Petenyia hungarica, Paenelimnoecus pannonicus, Myosorex meini, and an indeterminated species of Soricidae have been recognized. With the exception of A. gibberodon, these species are very uncommon in the south of the Iberian Peninsula; in fact, this finding represents the first record of Petenyia, Blarinoides, Paenelimnoecus, and Myosorex in the Guadix Basin. The changes in the abundance of Soricidae in the studied levels indicate wet and warm climatic conditions during the late Ruscinian and early Villanyian, and a decrease in the temperature and precipitation in the late Villanyian. © 2010 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
U2 - 10.1080/02724631003622001
DO - 10.1080/02724631003622001
M3 - Article
VL - 30
SP - 535
EP - 546
JO - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
JF - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
SN - 0272-4634
IS - 2
ER -