CONTINENTAL DEPOSITS, MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY AND VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, LATE NEOGENE OF EASTERN SPAIN

Eleven sections have been sampled for magnetostratigraphy in the fossi l mammal-productive late Neogene basins of eastern Spain. The characte ristic direction of magnetization was determined through progressive t hermal and alternating held demagnetization. It was possible to correl ate the magnetozones from the various sections to the GPTS as well as to the fossil MN zones within the sediment. The MN zone boundaries bas ed on this correlation are as follows: MN 11/12 similar or equal to 8. 1 my. MN 12/13 similar or equal to 6 my; MN 13/14 similar or equal to 4.9 my; MN 14/15=4.18 my; MN 15/16=3.58 my, New fossil lists are prese nted for the Fuente del Vise and Loma del Castillo faunas in the Cabri el Basin. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.