J. Pons-Moyà’s scientific contributions

... There are 12 small-mammal assemblages with bats from the Iberian Early Pleistocene (Supplementary Text S1, Supplementary Table S1). These sites are located predominantly in the eastern half of the Iberian (Sesé and Ruiz Bustos, 1992); 9: Son Bou 2 (Reumer, 1982, cited in Sevilla, 1988; 10: Barranc de Binigaus (Sevilla et al., 2013); 11: Pedrera de Gènova (Adrover, 1967), Cova de Son Bauçà (Moyà Solà and Pons-Moyà, 1979), Cova de Son Maiòl (Alcover et al., 1981); 12: Las Grajas (Sevilla, 1988); 13: El Higuerón (Sevilla, 1988); 14: Guardo (Sevilla, 1988); 15: Prádena (Sevilla, 1988); 16: Las Yedras (Sevilla, 1988 (Alberdi et al., 1977, cited in Sesé, 1994; 23: Villacastín (Arribas, 1994) (Sesé et al., 2011); 31: Cueva del Agua (Sevilla, 1988); 32: El Reguerillo (Sevilla, 1988); 33: Sitges sites (Cova del Muscle, López-García, 2008; Cova del Gegant, López-García et al., 2014a); 34: Olopte B (López-García, 2008); 35: Aguilón P7 (Galán et al., 2016b); 36: Cueva de Amutxate (Sesé, 2014); 37: Abric Romaní (Burjachs et al., 2012); 38: Gabasa 1 (Blasco- Sancho, 1995); 39: Cova dels Xaragalls (López-García et al., 2012b); 40: La Carihuela (Sevilla, 1988); 41: El Castillo (Sesé, 2017); 42: Cueva Millán (Alvárez et al., 1992); 43: Covalejos (Sesé, 2005); 44: Arrasate sites (Lezetxiki, Altuna, 1972;Labeko Koba, Pemán, 2000); (Barroso and Desclaux, 2006); 50: Gorham's cave (López-García et al., 2011c); 51: Las Caldas (Laplana et al., 2006); 52: Maltravieso-Chimeneas A (Bañuls-Cardona et al., 2012) and El Conejar (Sevilla et al., 2017); 53: Aitzbitarte IV (Altuna, 1972); 54: Avenc d'Es Pouàs (Alcover, 2003); 55: Cueva de las Aguas (Sesé, 2016); 56: Los Batanes (Galán et al., 2018); 57: Cueva de El Mirón (Cuenca-Bescós et al., 2009); 58: Cueva de Erralla (Pemán, 1985), Urtiagako Leizea (Altuna, 1972), Ekain (Zabala, 1984); 59: Estebanvela (Sesé, 2006); 60: Laminak II (Pemán, 1994); 61: Cova de la Guineu (Galobart et al., 1991); 62: La Sarsa (Sevilla, 1988); 63: Can Sadurní (Millán and Blanch, 1989); 64: Cova de sa Bassa Blanca (Moyà Solà and Pons Moyà, 1979), Cova des Corral des Porcs (Alcover et al., 1981), Cova de Moleta (Adrover, 1966); 65: Cueva de la Ventana (Sánchez et al., 2005); 66: Cova Bolumini (Guillem, 1999); 67: Cova de les Cendres (Guillem, 1999); 68: Cueva de Marizulo (Altuna, 1972) Agustí et al., 2011;. The greatest palaeodiversity is detected at the Sierra de Atapuerca and Almenara-Casablanca sites (two localities that are complexes of several sites comprising large-timespan sedimentary sequences; Agustí et al., 2011;Galán et al., 2019b). ...

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The Quaternary record of fossil bats in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands: Palaeobiogeographical changes and palaeoenvironmental implications

... Pons-Moyà and Moyà-Solà 1978;Agustí et al. 1986;Aguirre 1989; ...

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First record of Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Gervais, 1850) from Ukraine on the background of the European occurrence of the species

... On the other hand, a second phalanx of the fifth finger of the right hand was also found, classified as Homo sp. (CV-0) (Gibert 1985;Gibert and Pons-Moyà, 1985;Pons-Moyà, 1985;Gibert et al., 2008;Ribot et al., 2015). ...

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THE HYENA DEN OF CUEVA VICTORIA (LATE EARLY PLEISTOCENE, SPAIN): ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE ACTIVITY OF PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS AND A DISCUSSION ON HYENAS FORAGING ON SEALS IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE

... A general consensus exists that these Islands were settled by continental taxa, developing into endemic insular taxa, on at least two occasions during the Miocene. The first was in the Middle Miocene (Langhian-Serravalian) (Mein and Adrover 1982;Adrover et al. 1985) and the second during the Messinian salinity crisis at the end of the Miocene (Moyà- Bover et al. 2007Bover et al. , 2008Mas et al. 2018). However, our knowledge on Balearic Islands faunal diversity is unbalanced. ...

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Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa (Baleàric Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications.

... Other arguments can be found against the claim that the nonparallel-sided astragalus of Hoplitomeryx results from secondary, local adaptation. In addition to the presence of an asymmetric astragalus, in the insular Myotragus lineage there is a progressive fusion of the distal tarsal bones to the metatarsal cannon over time (Alcover et al., 1981;Bover et al., 2008). The fusions reach the highest degree in the most advanced M. balearicus. ...

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Hoplitomerycidae (Ruminantia; Late Miocene, Central-Southeastern Italy): Whom and where from?

... However, some levels stratigraphically close to Barranco de los Conejos (Cortijo de Don Alfonso, Table 1. Measurements (in mm) of the teeth of Orcemys giberti from Barranco de los Conejos (this work); m1 of Mimomys sp. from Cortijo de Don Alfonso, Cementerio de Orce, and Fuentecica 5 (this paper); and m1 of Mimomys medasensis from Galera 1G (this work) and Almenara-Casablanca 1 (Aenlle and López Martínez 1987 Orce 2, Cementerio de Orce, Fuentecica 5; Agustí et al. 1987;Oms et al. 2000) present an advanced species of arvicoline whose characters are intermediate between the two species. ...

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Evidence for parallel development of ever-growing molars in Early Pleistocene rodents from southern Spain and their paleoenvironmental implications

... En los primeros estudios sobre la fauna del yacimiento de Venta Micena, los restos de caprinos fueron atribuidos al género Hemitragus (Moyà-Solà et al., 1981;Agustí et al., 1987), básicamente por los caracteres dentarios y más concretamente por la ausencia de ala metastilar en los terceros molares superiores (M3), un rasgo que se consideraba propio de Hemitragus y no de Capra (Bonifay, 1975). Tras el hallazgo de nuevos materiales en el yacimiento estos restos se atribuyeron al género Capra y se creó una nueva especie: Capra alba. ...

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CAPRA ALBA DEL ALTO DE LAS PICARAZAS (ANDILLA-CHELVA, VALENCIA)

... The last episode is more recent and its origin is usually associated with the Messinian salinity crisis (Moyà- Bover et al. 2007Bover et al. , 2008Mas et al. 2018). This faunal complex, which is well documented on Mallorca and Menorca, contains the typical Plio-Pleistocene taxa including the bovid Myotragus, the dormouse Hypnomys and the shrew Nesiotites (Alcover et al. 1985;Moyà-Solà et al. 1985;Bover et al. 2008). The fossil record of this faunal complex is well known for the Island of Mallorca (Alcover et al. 1985). ...

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Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa (Baleàric Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications.

... The evidence from the oldest localities of Caló den Rafalino (Bover et al. 2007) and Na Burgessa-1 (Bover et al. 2014) (Late Miocene-Lower Pliocene) shows that the palaeobiodiversity during the first phase of insularity of the Balearic Islands was higher than that recorded for the classical Plio-Pleistocene fauna consisting of only three mammalian taxa. The record of this faunal complex on the Island of Menorca is less complete and seems to begin more recently in the Late Pliocene/ Early Pleistocene (Moyà- Solà and Pons-Moyà 1980;Pons-Moya et al. 1981;Bover et al. 2007; Moyà- Solà et al. 2007;Quintana and Agustí 2019). However, the Messinian-Lower Pliocene of Menorca contains a different faunal complex, which is apparently older than the classical fauna including Myotragus (Quintana and Agusti 2019). ...

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Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa (Baleàric Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications.

... Canidae Genus indet. Fig. 4 Xenocyon species (Turner, 1986;Martinez, 1991;Stiner et al., 2001;Tong, 2007;Echassoux et al., 2008;Wang et al., 2015); circles: Cuon alpinus subspecies (Teppner, 1914;Boule and de Villeneuve, 1927;Bouchud and Bouchud, 1953;Colbert et al., 1953;Altuna, 1983;Pons-Moyà and Moyà -Solà , 1992;Baryshnikov, 1996;Iyengar et al., 2005;Ripoll et al., 2010;Petrucci et al., 2012); squares: Canis species (Hao-Wen et al., 2012). For relations between species and colors, see the web version of this article. ...

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When did Cuon reach Java? – Reinvestigation of canid fossils from Homo erectus faunas