Rodents and insectivores from the late Miocene of Romerales (Fortuna Basin,Southern Spain) |
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| Authors: | Pedro Piñero Jordi Agustí Marc Furió César Laplana |
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| Institution: | 1. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana I Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain;2. área de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spainppinero@iphes.cat;4. área de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain;5. ICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avan?ats), Barcelona, Spain;6. Institut Català de Paleontologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;7. Museo Arqueológico Regional de la Comunidad de Madrid (MAR), Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThe Neogene Fortuna Basin (Murcia Region, SE Spain) is rich in microvertebrate sites. Its continental sections include localities extended from the middle Turolian (MN12) to the early Ruscinian (MN14). However, there are few works dealing with the taxonomy of these fossil assemblages. In this paper we provide a complete taxonomic study of the rodents and insectivores from three levels (ROM-2B, ROM-2C and ROM-3A) within the Romerales section. We infer a late Turolian age (late Messinian) for these levels, among which the richest and most diverse level is ROM-C, including at least 11 different taxa. In addition, the paleoecological analysis of these fossil assemblages suggests the dominance of open herbaceous meadows under temperate climate during the formation of these sites, with a slight decrease in temperature and humidity from ROM-2B to ROM-2C. |
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| Keywords: | Late Miocene micromammal biostratigraphy palaeoecology Fortuna Basin |
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