Updated chronology for Middle to Late Miocene mammal sites of the Daroca area (Calatayud-Montalbán Basin, Spain)

Dam, Jan A. van; Krijgsman, Wout; Abels, Hemmo A.; Álvarez-Sierra, M. Ángeles; García-Paredes, Israel; López-Guerrero, Paloma; Peláez‐Campomanes, Pablo; Ventra, Dario

doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2014.07.002

Cited by 25 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In This micromammal assemblage is characteristic of the end of the upper Aragonian (end of the middle Miocene), in subzone G3 of the G zone according to , units MN 7/8 of Mein (1975). The species Megacricetodon ibericus appears in this subzone, continuing in zone H of the lower Vallesian (Sesé, 1980;Álvarez Sierra et al, 2003;Dam et al, 2014). The population of Megacricetodon minor-Megacricetodon debruijni from Cuesta del Rey, with a morphology between both species, is similar to the populations of this taxa of some sites of the fi nal of the upper Aragonian (subzone G3), whereas de more evolved species of both, Megacricetodon debruijni, is characteristic of the early Vallesian.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…Unfortunately, despite the great palaeontological potential of this area, no other studies have been conducted since the prospection of Olmo et al (2008). Moreover, the mammal assemblages of the Aragonian/Vallesian transit deserve particular attention in different basins: García Moreno (1988) and Álvarez Sierra et al (1990b) in the Duero Basin; Álvarez Sierra et al (2003) and Dam et al (2014) in the area of Daroca-Nombrevilla; García- Paredes et al (2016) in the area of Calatayud-Montalbán;and Casanovas-Vilar et al (2016) in the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia). The rodent assemblage of Cuesta del Rey-1 confi rms the fact that no signifi cant change clearly marks the boundary between the late Aragonian (middle Miocene) and the early Vallesian (upper Miocene) in Iberian continental environments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Late Aragonian mammal sites of Cuesta del Rey (Duero Basin, Burgos, Spain)

Sesé

Morales

2020

Spanish J. Palaeontol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Cuesta del Rey mammal sites located on the NE border of the Duero Basin are of great importance with regard to understand the general biostratigraphy of the basin, because Miocene mammal sites are extremely scarce in this area in comparison with the central part of the basin. The mammals identifi ed in Cuesta del Rey-1 are: Eulipotyphla: cf. Miosorex sp.; Rodentia: Heteroxerus sp., Armantomys cf. tricristatus, Megacricetodon ibericus, Megacricetodon minor-Megacricetodon debruijni, Hispanomys sp. and Democricetodon sp. The Cuesta del Rey-1 rodent assemblage is characteristic of the end of the upper Aragonian (MN 7/8, end of the middle Miocene), equivalent to the local subzone G3 of the G zone. The presence of the genera Heteroxerus and Armantomys, and the predominance of Megacricetodon (with 80% of the total percentage of the minimum number of individuals of the micromammals) suggested an open savannah or steppe palaeoenvironment. The mammals identifi ed in Cuesta del Rey-3 are: Rodentia: Megacricetodon cf. ibericus; Artiodactyla: Dorcatherium sp. and Listriodon cf. splendens. Dorcatherium sp. represents the fi rst appearance of the Tragulidae family in the Duero Basin, suggesting the existence of permanent watercourses.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Late Aragonian mammal sites of Cuesta del Rey (Duero Basin, Burgos, Spain)

Sesé

Morales

2020

Spanish J. Palaeontol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Kretzoiarctos beatrix, giant panda). Both taxa link Hammerschmiede to the 11.87 Ma old Spanish site Nombrevilla 2 (Salesa et al 2004, Abella et al 2012, Van Dam et al 2014, confirming the conclusion that, despite the chronostratigraphic position of Hammerschmiede at the base of the Tortonian, and respectively the Pannonian, their large-mammal fauna is essentially of late Middle Miocene age.…”

Section: Biostratigraphymentioning

confidence: 61%

“…To better characterize this boundary in European continental settings a reference locality with a geochronologic age nearest the base of the Tortonian is needed. Unfortunately, in the Spanish Calatayud-Montalbán Basin, where the fossil vertebrate record is dense during the Middle and Late Miocene (Van Dam et al 2014), no fossils are recorded between 11.85 and 11.4 Ma. The North Alpine Foreland Basin (NAFB), however, provides potentially suitable candidates for a continental reference locality for the base of the Tortonian.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A biochronologic tie-point for the base of the Tortonian stage in European terrestrial settings: Magnetostratigraphy of the topmost Upper Freshwater Molasse sediments of the North Alpine Foreland Basin in Bavaria (Germany)

Kirscher¹,

Prieto²,

Bachtadse³

et al. 2016

nos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With 8 figures and 2 tables Abstract. Chronostratigraphic correlation and dating of terrestrial, especially mammal bearing, sediments of the European Neogene are still problematic and highly debated. In particular, absolute ages for important vertebrate assemblages are often not available making correlation during the continental Miocene across Europe so ambiguous. Here we present a detailed magnetostratigraphic study on a paleontological key section of the Middle to Late Miocene transition in the North Alpine Foreland Basin (NAFB) in Bavaria (Hammerschmiede) and a neighboring drill core, which has a total length of 150.4 m and includes, stratigraphically, the fossil site. We identify three complete normal polarity intervals, which have been correlated based on biochronologic constraints to chrons C5An.1n, C5r.2n and C5r.2r-1n. At least two major hiatuses probably occurred within the interjacent reversed chrons, for which geological indications are present and might be relatable to isochronic features in the Vienna basin. Inferred upper limits of the accumulation rate vary between 10 and 30 cm/kyr. This correlation determines the age of the Hammerschmiede vertebrate level HAM 5 to be about 11.62 Ma, making it an ideal biochronologic tie-point for the base of the Tortonian and Pannonian stages in terrestrial settings. Additionally, we date the youngest freshwater molasse lithostratigraphic unit of the Bavarian part of the NAFB, the Obere Serie, to between 13.8 and 11.1 Ma. Following our correlation, the lack of hipparion horses in the Bavarian part of the NAFB has stratigraphic rather than ecologic reasons and the ʻHipparion datumʼ seems to be a single bio-event at 11.1 Ma in Western Eurasia.

show abstract

“…The present morphological analysis has focused on the well-preserved mandibles of two extinct species of cricetids rodents (Rodentia) belonging to the genera: Cricetodon Lartet, 1851 andMegacricetodon Fahlbusch, 1964. Both are commonly used in biostratigraphic and paleoecological studies in European continental deposits during the middle Miocene (Mein, 1975;Aguilar, 1995;De Bruijn & Ünay, 1996;Daams et al, 1999;Oliver Pérez et al, 2008;Prieto et al, 2010;Van der Meulen et al, 2011López-Guerrero et al, 2013Van Dam et al, 2014, Prieto & Rummel, 2016.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%