Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications

The southern of the Iberian Peninsula preserves a diverse ichnological record of vertebrates from the late NeogeneeQuaternary. While the ages of several tracksites, such as those from the MioceneePliocene transition and the middle-late Pleistocene, are well-established, others remain undated or have...

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Autores: Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo, Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio, Morales González, Juan Antonio, Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/25557
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25557
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ichnology
Artiodactyls
Proboscideans
Footprint overlapping
Tarifa (Spain)
2416 Paleontología
24 Ciencias de la Vida
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spelling Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implicationsMayoral Alfaro, EduardoRodríguez Ramírez, AntonioMorales González, Juan AntonioDíaz Martínez, IgnacioIchnologyArtiodactylsProboscideansFootprint overlappingTarifa (Spain)2416 Paleontología24 Ciencias de la VidaThe southern of the Iberian Peninsula preserves a diverse ichnological record of vertebrates from the late NeogeneeQuaternary. While the ages of several tracksites, such as those from the MioceneePliocene transition and the middle-late Pleistocene, are well-established, others remain undated or have unknown ages. This paper reports the discovery of the southernmost tracksite in the Iberian Peninsula and continental Europe on the Island of Tarifa (Cadiz). The tracksite contains over 600 vertebrate footprints from the early Pleistocene that are grouped in four morphotypes. Morphotypes 1, 2 and 3 (M1, M2 and M3) are predominantly didactyl-shaped, rounded to ovoid and elongated, and associated with tracks left by artiodactyls. Morphotype 4 (M4), suboval to subcircular in outline, is the largest and is probably related to the imprint left by proboscideans. We also document the progressive transition from morphotype 2 with isolated, rounded footprints to morphotype 3 with elongated tracks formed by overlapping two tracks of the same animal which is observed. The consistency of the substrate, together with the trackmaker limb dynamics, conditioned the final morphology of the tracks, which were produced in a very soft clay-rich substrate of late Oligocene, that was folded and tilted in the latest Pliocene. This relief configuration gave rise to a narrow, partially or totally f looded corridor through which the trackmaker animals passed continuously, simultaneously, and in opposite ways. This discovery from the southernmost tip of continental Europe is the first one from the early Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula and a rare example from the Mediterranean regionElsevier20252025-04-0120252025-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/25557reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/255572026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
title Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
spellingShingle Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo
Ichnology
Artiodactyls
Proboscideans
Footprint overlapping
Tarifa (Spain)
2416 Paleontología
24 Ciencias de la Vida
title_short Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
title_full Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
title_fullStr Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
title_full_unstemmed Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
title_sort Early Pleistocene vertebrate tracks impressed on Oligocene beds from the southernmost Iberian Peninsula: Palaeogeographic implications
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo
Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio
Morales González, Juan Antonio
Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
author Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo
author_facet Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo
Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio
Morales González, Juan Antonio
Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
author_role author
author2 Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio
Morales González, Juan Antonio
Díaz Martínez, Ignacio
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ichnology
Artiodactyls
Proboscideans
Footprint overlapping
Tarifa (Spain)
2416 Paleontología
24 Ciencias de la Vida
topic Ichnology
Artiodactyls
Proboscideans
Footprint overlapping
Tarifa (Spain)
2416 Paleontología
24 Ciencias de la Vida
description The southern of the Iberian Peninsula preserves a diverse ichnological record of vertebrates from the late NeogeneeQuaternary. While the ages of several tracksites, such as those from the MioceneePliocene transition and the middle-late Pleistocene, are well-established, others remain undated or have unknown ages. This paper reports the discovery of the southernmost tracksite in the Iberian Peninsula and continental Europe on the Island of Tarifa (Cadiz). The tracksite contains over 600 vertebrate footprints from the early Pleistocene that are grouped in four morphotypes. Morphotypes 1, 2 and 3 (M1, M2 and M3) are predominantly didactyl-shaped, rounded to ovoid and elongated, and associated with tracks left by artiodactyls. Morphotype 4 (M4), suboval to subcircular in outline, is the largest and is probably related to the imprint left by proboscideans. We also document the progressive transition from morphotype 2 with isolated, rounded footprints to morphotype 3 with elongated tracks formed by overlapping two tracks of the same animal which is observed. The consistency of the substrate, together with the trackmaker limb dynamics, conditioned the final morphology of the tracks, which were produced in a very soft clay-rich substrate of late Oligocene, that was folded and tilted in the latest Pliocene. This relief configuration gave rise to a narrow, partially or totally f looded corridor through which the trackmaker animals passed continuously, simultaneously, and in opposite ways. This discovery from the southernmost tip of continental Europe is the first one from the early Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula and a rare example from the Mediterranean region
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