A Window onto the Eocene (Cenozoic): The Palaeontological Record of the Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark (Huesca, Aragon, Spain)
| Autor: | Jose Canudo, Ainara Badiola, Anchel Belmonte, Jesús Cardiel, Gloria Cuenca-Bescos, Ester Diaz Berenguer, Fernando Ferratges, Miguel Moreno Azanza, Adan Perez Garcia, Manuel Perez Pueyo, Roi Silva Casal, Samuel Zamora Iranzo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Geoconservation Research, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 561-572 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2645-4661 2588-7343 |
| DOI: | 10.30486/gcr.2021.1912263.1043 |
| Popis: | The Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark, located in the Central Pyrenees, is a region of remarkable geodiversity that includes extensive Eocene fossil-bearing sites and constitutes an important archive of paleobiodiversity. The Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geopark hosts outcrops of Eocene formations bearing an unusual abundance and diversity of fossils from marine and continental sedimentary environments, making the Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geopark a perfect window for learning about tropical ecosystems of the Eocene of southern Europe. These environments were in part tectonically controlled and offer a unique opportunity to understand how faunas changed in an active area. Here, we outline the main groups of fossils from the Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geopark, including popular examples such as the “Crocodile of Ordesa-Vio” and the sirenian Sobrarbesiren. The Geopark has been a major tool in the geoconservation of Eocene fossils. |
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