Miocene vertebrate site of Can Mata dump (Margin of the Valencia Trough, Vallès-Penedès depression)

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The dump of Can Mata is a very important palaeontological site. Including, at the moment, a succession of one hundred points containing micro and macro-vertebrate, spread over about 300 m of stratigraphic series. Comprises a interval of time of more than one million years.
This deposit was discovered from the redevelopment of a landfill. Successive excavations as they advanced the works have allowed to extract tens of thousands of fossils. Their study provides a unique opportunity to investigate Aragonian terrestrial ecosystems in south-western Europe. Of all the findings, highlights a new species of ape, the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.

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Los vertebrados fósiles del Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, l’Anoia, Cataluña), una sucesión de localidades del Aragoniense superior (MN6 y MN7+8) de la cuenca del Vallès-Penedès. Campañas 2002-2003, 2004 y 2005.