Author, as appears in the article.: Rosas, Antonio; Galli, Emilia; Fidalgo, Dario; Garcia-tabernero, Antonio; Huguet, Rosa; Garcia-martinez, Daniel; Pinero, Pedro; Agusti, Jordi; Rico-barrio, Alba; Vallverdu, Josep;
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Agusti Ballester, Jorge / Huguet Pàmies, Rosa / Vallverdú Poch, Josep
Keywords: Quaternary Pirro nord apricena Macromammals Large mammals Iberian peninsula Fossil Faunal turnover Europe Dispersal Deer Dama-roberti Bovidae Bison
Abstract: The Early Pleistocene site of Quibas, in Sierra de Quibas (Murcia, Spain) was discovered in 1994 and has since then provided abundant material of typical Epivillafranchian taxa. This biochron belongs to the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition (1.2 - 0.78 Ma), characterised by a change in orbital cyclicity from a 41 kyr cycle to 100 kyr that intensified the climate and culminated in the most important faunal turnover of the Pleistocene regarding large mam- mals. The Group of Palaeoanthropology of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC, Spain) and the Institut Catala de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolucio Social (IPHES-CERCA, Spain) carried out four field seasons from 2015 to 2018. Here we present the large herbivorous mammals recovered from the field, including the first citation of two taxa new to the locality: Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus and Bison cf. voigtstedtensis. We also provide the first description of previously mentioned taxa: Dama cf. vallonnetensis and Sus sp. Together with the remaining herbivores, the faunal community shows a strong European affinity with some regionalism. Compared with other Iberian localities, the site of Quibas stands out for the lack of hominin fossils or any evidence supporting their presence in the area, a peculiar scenario given that the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition broadly speaking sees the arrival of humans into Europe.
Thematic Areas: Stratigraphy Paleontology Medicina ii Geology Geociências Biodiversidade
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: rosa.huguet@urv.cat josep.vallverdup@urv.cat jorge.agusti@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-1750-6249 0000-0002-3177-3263 0000-0002-7240-1992
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/16707
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia. 128 (3): 745-772
APA: Rosas, Antonio; Galli, Emilia; Fidalgo, Dario; Garcia-tabernero, Antonio; Huguet, Rosa; Garcia-martinez, Daniel; Pinero, Pedro; Agusti, Jordi; Rico-ba (2022). THE QUIBAS SITE (MURCIA, SPAIN): NEW HERBIVORES FROM THE EARLY-MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION. Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia, 128(3), 745-772. DOI: 10.54103/2039-4942/16707
Article's DOI: 10.54103/2039-4942/16707
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications