New mammal and bird tracks from the Lower Oligocene of the Ebro Basin (NE Spain) : implications for the Palaeogene ichnological record
Linares Montes, Martín (Universidad de Zaragoza. Aragosaurus-IUCA)
Luzón, Aránzazu (Universidad de Zaragoza. Aragosaurus-IUCA)
Cuenca-Bescos, Gloria (Universidad de Zaragoza. Aragosaurus-IUCA)
Canudo, José Ignacio (Universidad de Zaragoza. Aragosaurus-IUCA)
Castanera, Diego (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	The Ebro Basin (Spain) is one of the few worldwide areas where Palaeogene avian and mammal tracksites have been found. A new unpublished tracksite known as La Sagarreta is here described. The tracksite is located in a sandstone-dominated outcrop from the Early Oligocene Peralta Formation in the northern-central sector of the basin. Six different ichnotaxa have been identified. Four belong to mammals, including perissodactyl (cf. Plagiolophustipus isp), artiodactyl (Megapecoripeda isp. and cf. Pecoripeda isp. ) and carnivoramorph tracks (cf. Canipeda isp. ), and the other two to avian tracks (Aviadactyla vialovi and Gruipeda dominguensis). La Sagarreta presents a high ichnodiversity with the presence of a medium-sized member likely of the genus Plagiolophus (or relative), one medium- and one small-sized artiodactyl that probably belong to the family Entelodontidae, one medium-size unidentified carnivorous mammal and two types of birds. La Sagarreta tracksite is the most diverse Early Oligocene tracksite of the Ebro Basin and one of the few palaeontologic vertebrate records at the central area of the basin during this age.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2021-122612OB-I00
Note:	Altres ajuts: Gobierno de Aragón-FEDER 2014-2020 Construyendo Europa desde Aragón (Group E18: Aragosaurus: Recursos Geológicos y Paleoambientales and Group E32_20R: Geotransfer: investigación geológica para la ciencia y la sociedad)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Footprints ; Perissodactyla ; Artiodactyla ; Carnivoramorpha ; Avian ; Peralta Formation
Published in:	Historical biology, (August 2022) , ISSN 1029-2381

DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2104644

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