Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Aragonian (middle Miocene) mammalian faunas from the Madrid Basin based on body-size structure

• Published in: Journal of Iberian Geology
• Main Authors: García Yelo, B.A., Gómez Cano, A.R., Cantalapiedra, J.L., Alcalde, G.M., Sanisidro, O., Oliver, A., Hernández-Ballarín, V., López-Guerrero, P., Fraile, S., Hernández Fernández, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Complutense 2014
• Subjects: Aragonian; Prey Mammal Community Structure; Madrid Basin; Body-size spectra; Cenograms; Climate; Aragoniense; Estructura de Comunidad de Mamíferos; Cuenca de Madrid; Espectros de Tamaño Corporal; Cenogramas; Clima; Antarctic; Consecuencia; Fósiles; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/JIGE/article/view/44092; https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2014.v40.n1.44092

As a consequence of the growth of the Antarctic ice-sheet during the middle Miocene, a global decrease of temperatures and an associated increase in aridity provoked several environmental changes all around the world. Such environmental variations can be detected in the continental record of the mam...