Historical and Comparative Study of the First Spanish Vertebrate Paleoichnological Record and Bibliographic Review of the Spanish Chirotheriid Footprints

  1. Díaz-Martínez, I. 23
  2. Pérez-García, A. 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  3. 3 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

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Revue:
Ichnos

ISSN: 1042-0940

Année de publication: 2012

Volumen: 19

Número: 3

Pages: 141-149

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2012.685565 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84865828602 WoS: WOS:000308245500003 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

D'autres publications dans: Ichnos

Résumé

In 1897, Salvador Calderón y Arana published a study of the first vertebrate footprint from Spain. It was found in the Buntsandstein of Rillo de Gallo (Guadalajara), probably in the Rillo Mudstone and Sandstone Formation (middle Anisian-Landian). This isolated left pes imprint was classified as "Cheirotherium" sp. We conducted a historical study of this specimen, mentioned by several authors for more than a century, but never analyzed in detail. This well-preserved footprint, in which skin marks are present, is described here. Its characters are compared with those of valid chirotheriid ichnogenera. This work is complemented with a bibliographic analysis of the chirotheriid footprints recorded in Spain. This record is remarkable for its abundance and ichnodiversity. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.