Vertebrate ichnofauna from Sierra de las Cabras tracksite (Late Miocene, Jumilla, SE Spain). Mammalian ichnofauna

Upper Miocene sedimentary deposits of Sierra de las Cabras in the Prebetic Ranges (Jumilla, Región de Murcia, Spain) yield a exceptional fossil site of diverse vertebrate ichnofauna, including mammals and birds. This paper presents a detailed study of those ichnites of that site which correspond to...

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Published in:Journal of Iberian geology 2022-06, Vol.48 (2), p.241-279
Main Authors: Herrero, Cayetano, Herrero, Emilio, Martín-Chivelet, Javier, Pérez-Lorente, Félix
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geology
Limestone
Mammals
Miocene
Research Paper
Structural Geology
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Summary:Upper Miocene sedimentary deposits of Sierra de las Cabras in the Prebetic Ranges (Jumilla, Región de Murcia, Spain) yield a exceptional fossil site of diverse vertebrate ichnofauna, including mammals and birds. This paper presents a detailed study of those ichnites of that site which correspond to mammals. The footprints are located in stratigraphic surfaces found in a thin marly limestone succession that can be assigned to the latest Tortonian to earliest Messinian. The mammalian record consists of 324 footprints (included in trackways, pairs, groups and isolated ichnites) of diverse vertebrates, including: Hippipeda, Rhynoceripeda , Canipeda , Felipeda, Ursipeda, Rodentipeda , as well possible Suipeda . The ichnites were imprinted on wet and cohesive marly carbonate mud, deposited in a semi-arid wetland with relevant freshwater influx. The fossil site, cleaned and protected some years ago but herein studied by the first time, add together the nearby Hoya de la Sima site ( Hippipeda , Pecoripeda, Bestiopeda and Paracamelichnium, and probably proboscidean ichnites) to conform an exceptional record of Late Miocene ichnofauna in southern Iberia.
ISSN:1698-6180
1886-7995
DOI:10.1007/s41513-022-00192-5