Revisión del patrimonio paleontológico del Geoparque Mundial de la UNESCO de El Hierro
- Esther Martín-González 1
- Juan J. Coello-Bravo 1
- Carolina Castillo 2
- Alberto González-Rodríguez 2
- Inés Galindo 3
- Juana Vegas 3
- 1 Museo de Ciencias Naturales (MCN). OAMC, Cabildo de Tenerife
- 2 Universidad de La Laguna.
- 3 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
ISSN: 0213-683X
Year of publication: 2019
Issue Title: Comunicaciones presentadas en la LXV Sesión Científica / El Hierro, 23 de noviembre de 2018
Issue: 65
Pages: 11-14
Type: Article
More publications in: Geogaceta
Abstract
The island of El Hierro has 46 paleontological sites, most of which are in volcanic cavities (tubes and chasms) developed in materials emitted during Holocene activity. Other paleontological sites can be found in coastal paleoforms, alluvial materials and scatological accumulations. The most important fossils found in these deposits are the remains of giant lizard species and birds, some of them extinct. Seven of these deposits have been proposed as places of geological interest in the UNESCO Global Geopark of El Hierro, based on different scientific, socio-cultural and socio-economic assessment criteria. But it is necessary to make an insular paleontological chart in which the cartographic limits of each of them are established, as well as the measures to be implemented for their conservation and valorization.