Continental deposits, magnetostratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology, late Neogene of Eastern Spain

Eleven sections have been sampled for magnetostratigraphy in the fossil mammal-productive late Neogene basins of eastern Spain. The characteristic direction of magnetization was determined through progressive thermal and alternating held demagnetization. It was possible to correlate the magnetozones from the various sections to the GPTS as well as to the fossil MN zones within the sediment. The MN zone boundaries based on this correlation are as follows: MN 11/12 similar or equal to 8.1 my. MN 12/13 similar or equal to 6 my; MN 13/14 similar or equal to 4.9 my; MN 14/15=4.18 my; MN 15/16=3.58 my, New fossil lists are presented for the Fuente del Vise and Loma del Castillo faunas in the Cabriel Basin. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.