Title of article
Quaternary Large Mammals from the Granada Geopark: a Magnificent Record with Examples of Geoconservation
Author/Authors
Arribas Herrera, Alfonso Estación Paleontológica Valle del Río Fardes (Fardes River Valley Palaeontological Station) - Camino del Barranco del Pocico s/n - Comarca de Guadix, Granada, Spain , Garrido Álvarez, Guiomar Estación Paleontológica Valle del Río Fardes (Fardes River Valley Palaeontological Station) - Camino del Barranco del Pocico s/n - Comarca de Guadix, Granada, Spain , Garrido García, José Antonio Estación Paleontológica Valle del Río Fardes (Fardes River Valley Palaeontological Station) - Camino del Barranco del Pocico s/n - Comarca de Guadix, Granada, Spain , García Tortosa, Francisco Juan Universidad de Jaén - Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, Spain , Medialdea Pérez, Cristobal Ayuntamiento (Guadix Town Council) - Plaza de la Constitución, Granada, Spain
Pages
12
From page
663
To page
674
Abstract
Granada Geopark, covering almost all of the Guadix-Baza basin, contains an exceptional
and near-continuous fossil record of the evolution of Pliocene to middle
Pleistocene land mammals (5–0.5 Ma). This period covers the endorheic (closed
drainage basin) stage of this geological basin and, in this chronological framework,
its record of the Quaternary period, mainly the Early Pleistocene, is outstanding
Keywords
Quaternary , Fossil Record , Large Mammals , Guadix-Baza Basin , Granada Geopark , Heritage , Geoconservation
Journal title
Geoconservation Research
Serial Year
2021
Record number
2702921
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