Early Miocene mammal assemblages from the Campisano ravine in the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (E Spain)

• Published in: Journal of Iberian geology Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 181 - 194
• Main Authors: Crespo, Vicente D., Suárez-Hernando, Oier, Murelaga, Xabier, Ruiz-Sánchez, Francisco J., Montoya, Plini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2019; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Basins; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geology; Mammals; Miocene; Paleontology; Research Paper; Stratigraphy; Structural Geology; España; Spain; MN4; Mioceno Inferior; Early Miocene; Biostratigrafía; España; Ribesalbes-Alcora basin; Cuenca de Ribesalbes-Alcora; Mamíferos; Mammals; Biostratigraphy; Spain
• ISSN: 1698-6180; 1886-7995
• DOI: 10.1007/s41513-018-0093-z

We present 45 new paleontological sites with fossil mammals, their faunal lists and the syntethic stratigraphic column from the Campisano ravine in the Araia/Mas de Antolino outcrop (Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin; Valencian Community, E Spain). The synthetic stratigraphic column of this basin is divided into five units, named A to E in Anadón (X Congr Nac Sedimentol 1:9–12, 1983 ), and for the first time, we report a detailed stratigraphic column of Unit C, in which the studied sites are included. This ravine is divided into the following sections: Mas dels Coixos, Mas de Torner, Araia Cantera Sud, Barranc de Campisano, Foieta la Sarra, Mas d’Antolino B and Corral de Brisca. Based on the study of more than 3000 faunal remains from these localities, we infer a lower Aragonian age (MN4, Early Miocene). Particularly, the described sections can be correlated to the local biozone C, in the upper part of the MN4 of the Calatayud-Montalbán Basin (Spain), the type area of the Aragonian age.