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Muridae (Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene of Loma Quemada-1 (Granada, Spain)

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The results of our study on the three murid species found in the early Pleistocene site of Loma Quemada-1, located in the Guadix-Baza basin, are reported. This site is very important from a palaeontological point of view because it is one of the youngest deposits of this age that records the presence of the genus Castillomys. Moreover, the presence of Micromys minutus represents one of the oldest records of that species.

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This study was supported by the research groups RNM190 of the “Junta de Andalucía”. We thank Isabel Sánchez Almazo of the CIC of the University of Granada for the electron microscope photographs. We are grateful to José Cabot for the loan of the specimens from the collections of the Estación Biológica Doñana (Sevilla). Comments by Dr. Mein and Dr. van den Hoek Ostende have been of invaluable help for the improvement of this manuscript.

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  1. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Ana Anchelergues Tarraco, Elvira Martín Suárez & Matthijs Freudenthal

  2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Matthijs Freudenthal

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Tarraco, A.A., Suárez, E.M. & Freudenthal, M. Muridae (Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene of Loma Quemada-1 (Granada, Spain). Palaeobio Palaeoenv 95, 347–352 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-015-0189-9

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