Torrijos: nueva fauna con Hispanotherium de la cuenca media del Tajo
The stratigraphic section and mammalian fauna of the new Miocene vertebrate site of Torrijos (Toledo, Spain) are described, and their relationships with the known Miocene faunae and the stratigraphic and paleogeographic context of the central Tajo basin are discussed, particularly in the Madrid area...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1982 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/88375 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88375 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 567/569(460) Stratigraphy Palaeontology Mammalia Geodynamycs Miocene Estratigrafía Paleontología Mamíferos Geodinámica Mioceno Geología estratigráfica 2416 Paleontología 2506.19 Estratigrafía |
| Sumario: | The stratigraphic section and mammalian fauna of the new Miocene vertebrate site of Torrijos (Toledo, Spain) are described, and their relationships with the known Miocene faunae and the stratigraphic and paleogeographic context of the central Tajo basin are discussed, particularly in the Madrid area. The Torrijos fossiliferous beds are attributed to the mammalian unit MN4b more likely than to early MN5; these are consequenthly correlated with the regressive, late Burdigalian of the chronostratigraphic scale. Noteworthy is the dominance of Hispanotherium in this assemblage; also the presence of Protragocerus and of a new giraffid, which contributes to the exciting problem concerning the evolution of this family in the Mediterranean province in the Aragonian mammal age (Lower Miocene). The Torrijos fauna can be either correlated with the lower Madrid beds (Puente de Toledo, Hidroeléctrica, Moratines), or very slightly older, and preceeds an unconformity -videly paraconformable in the Madrid area-, which may be correlated with the so called Neo-castillan phase (Neo-Castellana). |
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