First Early Pliocene micromammal faunas from Venta del Moro (Cabriel Basin, Spain): new data on the Messinian dispersal of Debruijnimys

Samuel Mansino; Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez; Luis de Luque; Plinio Montoya; Luis Gibert; Jorge Morales; Juan Abellá; Gary R. Scott; V.D. Crespo

doi:10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n2.46418

Samuel Mansino Universitat de València
Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez INCYT-UPSE, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena
Luis de Luque Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico Teruel-Dinópolis
Plinio Montoya Departament de Geologia, Àrea de Paleontologia, Universitat de València
Luis Gibert Departament de Geoquímica, Petrologia i Prospecció Geològica, Universitat de Barce
Jorge Morales Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Juan Abellá Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena 6Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Gary R. Scott Berkeley Geochronology Center
V.D. Crespo Departament de Geologia, Àrea de Paleontologia, Universitat de València

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n2.46418

Keywords: Rodentia, Pliocene, Ruscinian, Debruijnimys, Cabriel Basin, Spain

Abstract

Based on the study of the micromammal assemblages from the localities of La Bullana 2B and La Bullana 3 (Valencia, E Spain) we propose an Early Pliocene age (MN14) for both sites. The presence of a form related to the gerbillid Debruijnimys julii in La Bullana 2B allows extending the stratigraphical range of this taxon to the MN14 zone, opening new questions about the phylogenetic relationship between Debruijnimys species from the Early and Late Pliocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Furthermore, preliminary paleomagnetic data indicate an age of 4.816 Ma for La Bullana 2B, and between 4.896 and 4.997 Ma for La Bullana 3.