La fauna del pleistoceno inferior de la Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia)
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Mollusca gastropoda, miryapoda, amphibia, reptilia, aves, mammalia, lower Pleistocene, Quibas, Murcia, SpainAbstract
The Quaternary karstic site of Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia, Spain) has provided a wide faunistic list with 53 species distributed among gastropods, myriapods, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Especially interesting among the gastropods is Palaeoglandina that became extinct in Europe during the Pliocene. It remains as a relict genus in the Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Two of the birds, Gypaetus barbatus and Geronticus eremita, and a snake, Elaphe cf. E. sealaris, are scarcely represented in the fossil record. For several birds, it is the first record in the Lower Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Among the mammals, the presence of the Cercopithecine Macaca sylvanus is especially relevant one. The assemblage of the taxa Arvicola deucalion, Castillomys rivas rivas, Eliomys intermedius, Equus altidens and Capra sp. aff. C. alba allows the correlation with Plines 1, Orce 3 and Venta Micena, among other sites. Therefore Quibas can be dated before the end of Lower Pleistocene, between 1.3 and 1 Ma. A dry paleoclimatic regime, very similar to the current climate in the geographical area, though perhaps slightly wetter and warmer, can be inferred from the faunistic assemblage. The environment of the karstic cavity was a rocky place with open brushwood areas, but in the proximities there were wetlands and woodlands, as can be inferred from the presence of birds and micromammals characteristic of these habitats.
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1999-08-30
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Montoya, P., Alberdi, M. T., Blázquez, A. M., Barbadillo, L. J., Fumanal, M. P., van der Made, J., Marín, J. M., Molina, A., Morales, J., Murelaga, X., Peñalver, E., Robles, F., Ruiz Bustos, A., Sánchez, A., Sanchiz, B., Soria, D., & Szyndlar, Z. (1999). La fauna del pleistoceno inferior de la Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia). Estudios Geológicos, 55(3-4), 127–161. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.99553-4171
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