The most representative vertebrate fossil record and palaeontological heritage from the western Pyrenees

Autores/as

  • Ainara Badiola Universidad de Valencia
  • Mikel Arlegi Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • Humberto Astibia Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • Nathalie Bardet Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle Paris
  • Ana Berreteaga Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • J. Carmelo Corral Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava
  • Ignacio Díaz-Martínez Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
  • Asier Gómez- Olivencia Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • Mikel A. Lopez-Horgue Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • Leire Perales-Gogenola Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
  • Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.34.1.15297

Resumen

The western Pyrenees is a territory with a remarkable geodiversity and an important fossil record, which constitutes a large archive of palaeobiodiversity. With respect to the vertebrate fossil record, the western Pyrenees (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Pamplona Basin and the north-western sector of the Ebro Basin) are relevant both from the point of view of palaeontological sites and fossil collections. Several vertebrate fossil sites are integrated into the Inventory of Geological Interest Sites (LIG) with high to very high palaeontological interest of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The valuation of the palaeobiodiversity and fossil record is an important step for the study of palaeontological heritage of a territory and the set-up of geoconservation designations (e.g., LIG, geosites). However, the mere inclusion of the palaeontological assents in these geoconservation designations does not guarantee either their protection and conservation or the suitable management of the fossil collection The scientific and cultural dissemination of the palaeontological heritage of a territory like one studied here should have greater collaboration between the palaeontologists that have valued the palaeontological assets and the technicians and institutions that manage them. This requires the provision of specific budgetary items that enable the development of the different activities of research, conservation and social dissemination of this heritage.

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2019-07-20

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Badiola, A., Arlegi, M., Astibia, H., Bardet, N., Berreteaga, A., Corral, J. C., … Pereda-Suberbiola, X. (2019). The most representative vertebrate fossil record and palaeontological heritage from the western Pyrenees. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 34(1), 103–120. https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.34.1.15297
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