Article:
Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes, 1999, 329, 897-90
Authors :
Paul Roiron, Javier Ferrer, Eladio Linan, Cristobal Rubio, José-Bienvenido Diaz, Speranta-Maria Popescu, Jean-Pierre Suc.
Abstract:
The stratigraphic and floristic studies of two sections in the lacustrine deposits of the Miocene basin of Rubeilos de Mora increase our knowledge of paleoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions and specify the bio chronology of these sites. The lowlands are inhabited by a swampy, or lacustrine vegetation (Botryococcus, Sparganium, Potamogeton, Taxodiaceae, Myrica, Nyssa…), whereas the uplands are covered by a Zelkova mesophilous forest with other temperate elements (Acer, Betula, Carya …). The scarcity of thermophilous taxa in this vegetation indicates that the climatic conditions were not the warmest in the Miocene. The rodents faunas of this basin suggest a rambling-basal argonian age (Lower Miocene).