Rodents from Botardo-D and the Miocene-Pliocene transition in the Guadix-Baza Basin (Granada, Spain)

Glacial/interglacial climate variability in southern Spain during the late Early Pleistocene and climate backdrop for early Homo in Europe

“…1B). The chronostratigraphy of the Baza Formation ranges from the Early Pliocene (Agustí, 1986;Garcés et al, 1996;Piñero and Agustí, 2020) to Middle Pleistocene (Agustí et al, 1987;Agustí et al, 2015b). It is composed of three lithostratigraphic members (Vera et al, 1985;Oms et al, 1998Oms et al, , 2000b: the Lower Member (calcareous surface deposits of a lacustrine and palustrine origin); the Intermediate Member (fluvial mudstones and sandstones); and the Upper Member (lacustrine and palustrine deposits resulting from an accumulation of silty calcareous deposits as well as coarser fractions).…”