A review of the upper Campanian vertebrate site of Armuña (Segovia Province, Spain)
- Pérez-García, A. 13
- Ortega, F. 3
- Bolet, A. 5
- Escaso, F. 3
- Houssaye, A. 6
- Martínez-Salanova, J. 3
- de Miguel Chaves, C. 3
- Mocho, P. 37
- Narváez, I. 3
- Segura, M. 4
- Torices, A. 2
- Vidal, Daniel . 7
- Sanz, J.L. 7
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Universidade de Lisboa
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University of Alberta
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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Universidad de Alcalá
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Institut Catala de Paleontologia
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Institut Catala de Paleontologia
Sabadell, España
- 6 UMR 7179 CNRS/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, 57 rue Cuvier CP-55, Paris, France
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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ISSN: 0195-6671
Year of publication: 2016
Volume: 57
Pages: 591-623
Type: Article
More publications in: Cretaceous Research
Abstract
The Upper Cretaceous outcrops of Armuña (Segovia Province, Spain) yielded relatively abundant material of vertebrates during prospection and excavation in the second half of the 1980s. However, little has been published on these remains. A new analysis of the specimens from this upper Campanian site reveals the presence of some clades in the site for the first time (e.g., Dortokidae, Anguimorpha, Mosasauroidea). Furthermore, the material of the clades previously recognized there has been reviewed and described in more detail, with some previous systematic attributions confirmed and others refuted. Consequently, a relatively high local diversity has been identified. New taxa (i.e., a member of Anguimorpha and a eusuchian crocodyliform) are identified in Armuña, coexisting with other taxa previously described in other sites from the Iberoarmorican Realm. The vertebrates from Armuña confirm that the fauna from the Upper Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula is composed of a mixture of European endemic clades and lineages shared with other continents such as North America (e.g., anguimorphs) and Africa (e.g., bothremydids). © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.