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Quaternary Large Mammals from the Granada Geopark: A Magnificent Record with Examples of Geoconservation
Authors
- Alfonso Arribas Herrera * 1
- Guiomar Garrido Álvarez 1
- José Antonio Garrido García 1
- Francisco Juan García Tortosa 2
- Cristobal Medialdea Pérez 3
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.
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Additional Information
Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.)
Volume 4 (2021)
Issue 2, December 2021 - Paleontological Heritage and Geoconservation in the UNESCO European Geoparks (Part II) edited by Dan Grigorescu, Michael Benton, Vachik Hairapetian
Page Numbers: 663-674
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