Evolution of the insectivore assemblages (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) in Spain and their relation with Neogene and Quaternary climatic changes

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Published: Sep 26, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1454
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Fossil record, Iberian Peninsula, Miocene, Palaeobiogeography, Pleistocene, Pliocene

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Marc Furió
<p>Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont</p>
Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende
<p>Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Geology, 2, Darwinweg, 2333CR Leiden, Holanda.</p>
Jordi Agustí
<p>ICREA, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona.</p> <p>Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, c/ Marcel·lí Domingo s/n (Edifici W3), Campus Sescelades (43007), Tarragona.</p>
Raef Minwer-Barakat
<p>Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont</p>

Abstract

Furió, M., van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., Agustí, J., Minwer-Barakat, R. 2018. Evolution of the insectivore assemblages (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) in Spain and their relation with Neogene and Quaternary climatic changes. Ecosistemas 27(1): 38-51. Doi.: 10.7818/ECOS.1454


The knowledge of the Neogene and Quaternary fossil record of the insectivores, the small mammals included in the order Eulipotyphla, has been greatly improved in the last two decades. This improvement, linked to a refinement on the dating of many Spanish fossil localities, allows tracking the evolution of the insectivore assemblages during the last 20 million years leading to the Recent communities. Given the sensitivity of these species to certain environmental conditions within the Iberian geographic context, the changes on the insectivore diversity at generic level can be confidently associated to some biological events and linked to the large-scale climatic trends in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Furió, M., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Agustí, J., & Minwer-Barakat, R. (2017). Evolution of the insectivore assemblages (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) in Spain and their relation with Neogene and Quaternary climatic changes. Ecosistemas, 27(1), 38–51. https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1454
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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2018): Paleoecología, analizando la cuarta dimensión de la biodiversidad
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Author Biographies

Marc Furió, <p>Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont</p>

Investigador Postdoctoral del Departamento de Faunas del Neógeno y Cuaternario

Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, <p>Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Geology, 2, Darwinweg, 2333CR Leiden, Holanda.</p>

Investigador en Naturalis Diversity Center.

Jordi Agustí, <p>ICREA, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona.</p> <p>Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, c/ Marcel·lí Domingo s/n (Edifici W3), Campus Sescelades (43007), Tarragona.</p>

Investigador ICREA en Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social

Raef Minwer-Barakat, <p>Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont</p>

Investigador Postdoctoral del Departamento de Paleoprimatología y Paleontología Humana