A very diverse Lower Pleistocene faunistic assemblage from Sierra de Quibas (province of Murcia, Spain).

Authors
Montoya, P Alberdi, MT Barbadillo, LJ van der Made, J Morales, J Murelaga, X Penalver, E Robles, F Bustos, AR Sanchez, A Sanchiz, B Soria, D Szyndlar, Z
Citation
P. Montoya et al., A very diverse Lower Pleistocene faunistic assemblage from Sierra de Quibas (province of Murcia, Spain)., CR AC S IIA, 332(6), 2001, pp. 387-393
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
332
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
387 - 393
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(20010330)332:6<387:AVDLPF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Quaternary karstic site of Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, province of Murc ia, Spain) has provided a wide faunal list with more than 60 species. The a ssemblage of the taxa Arvicola deucalion, Castillomys rivas rivas, Eliomys intermedius, Equus altidens, Capra sp. aff. C. alba and cf, Praeovibos allo ws the correlation with other Spanish Lower Pleistocene sites in the Betic Cordillera, as Plines 1, Orce 3 and Venta Micena. Therefore Quibas can be l ocated between 1.3 and 1.0 Ma. The palaeoenvironmental features of the area around the karstic cavity and the palaeoclimatic regime are inferred. (C) 2001 Academie des sciences / Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier S AS.