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AUTHOR
Elvira Martín-suárez
Review of paleo-humidity parameters in fossil rodents (Mammalia): Isotopic vs. tooth morphology approach
Paleoecology of fossil rodents is frequently inferred from the dental pattern of the teeth, attributing the habitat conditions of extant rodents to fossil species with similar dental pattern. This technique is common practice and has been in use for several decades. A relatively new technique is based on the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of the incisor enamel of fossil rodents to reconstruct paleoenvironmental scenarios. We combine these two methods, studying material from two Early Miocene Spanish sections, one in the Mediterranean coastal area and one in Northcentral inland Spain. Comparison of the humidity values obtained by means of these two proxies reveals discrepancies. There…
Gliridae from the late Oligocene of the province of Teruel (Spain)
The Calatayud-Teruel Basin is one of the richest areas of Spain, when fossil mammals are concerned. Around the village of Montalban many lower Oligocene fossil mammal localities are known and several upper Oligocene localities with rich micromammal faunas are present between the villages of Vivel del Rio Martin and Martin del Rio. Previous papers on these upper Oligocene localities were dedicated to the Cricetidae and to the zapodid Plesiosminthus , in this work we describe the fauna of Gliridae, composed of the genera Gliravus , Butseloglis , Peridyromys , Microdyromys and Paraglis . Among these the latter genus is very poorly represented. Microdyromys is of special importance becaus…