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Title: | The early Miocene lake of Foieta la Sarra-A in eastern Iberian Peninsula and its relevance for the reconstruction of the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin palaeoecology |
Author: | Álvarez-Parra, Sergio Albesa, Joaquín Gouiric-Cavalli, Soledad Montoya, Plini Peñalver Mollá, Enrique Sanjuan i Girbau, Josep Crespo, Vicente D. |
Keywords: | Paleoecologia Miocè Paleontologia Insectes fòssils Península Ibèrica Sediments lacustres Paleoecology Miocene Paleontology Insects fossil Iberian Peninsula Lake sediments |
Issue Date: | 19-Aug-2021 |
Publisher: | Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii |
Abstract: | The Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Castelló Province, Spain) contains two lower Miocene units that are rich in fossils. The Unit B contains oil-shale and laminated bituminous dolomicrite related to a palaeolake, whereas the Unit C is composed of sandstone and mudstone beds from distal deltaic and shallow lacustrine environments. The La Rinconada and San Chils localities from the Unit B have yielded a fossil assemblage of plants, molluscs, arthropods, and vertebrates, while the localities from the Unit C in the Campisano ravine (Araia/Mas d'Antolino outcrop) are rich in mammalian record. Here we study a new palaeolake deposit of laminated lacustrine limestone beds in the Unit C named Foieta la Sarra-A. This new locality has provided an assemblage of charophytes, terrestrial plants, molluscs, arthropods, and teleosteans. The latter represent the only known fish record from the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin to date. Although the specimens are generally poorly preserved, the presence of soft-body preservation due to the action of microbial mats at the lake bottom allows considering the Foieta la Sarra-A locality as a Konservat-Lagerstätte. The Foieta la Sarra-A palaeolake had a different water chemistry compared to that represented in the Unit B. Its depth was about a few metres and the water level suffered periodic fluctuations. This new locality sheds light on the palaeoenvironmental dynamics of the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin during the early Miocene and provides a new approach to the palaeoecological reconstruction of the basin. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00842.2020 |
It is part of: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021, vol. 66 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/179875 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00842.2020 |
ISSN: | 0567-7920 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà) |
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