Filling the gap in knowledge of early Miocene continental molluscs of southwest Europe: gastropods from Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain)

 

Authors: Albesa J, López JM, Crespo VD

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 97, issue 2; pages: 141 - 163; Received 7 February 2022; Accepted in revised form 8 April 2022; Online 8 May 2022

Keywords: continental molluscs, systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeograhy, Aragonian, Iberian Peninsula,

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Abstract

We present the results obtained in the study of the fifteen early Miocene sites of Campisano Ravine, a sector of the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin. This work contributes to filling a gap in the knowledge of continental molluscs from the early Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula. The studied assemblage contains eight species, four aquatic and four terrestrial. One of the aquatic species, Pseudamnicola roblesi, is new to science. The registered fauna mainly shows affinities to the early and middle Miocene faunas of Central Europe. The ecological requirements for the fauna, as derived from recent relatives, in combination with the presence of different depositional environments allowed a reconstruction of the local palaeoenvironment. The assemblage is consistent with the existence of a shallow oligohaline palaeolake with macrophytic vegetation and the possibility of a littoral reed belt. This palaeolake would have been located in an area with diverse vegetal coverage, in a subtropical to tropical climatic context. Extent and depth of the lake varied over time in relation to the changes in climatic conditions and alluvial input, which may have been the result of episodical storms.

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