Maylpaisomys insularis (Hutterer, López-Martínez & Michaux 1988) and Haliaeetus sp. Comments on the terrestrial fauna of the Pleistocene of the Jandía Isthmus, Fuerteventura

Abstract

Along the Jandia Isthmus, on Southern Fuerteventura Island, Pleistocene fossil dunes and paleosoils are particularly well developed. They are above Miocene lava flows and dikes and a Pliocene marine conglomerate. On those fossil dunes and in the windward coast (Laderas del Veril site) has been found remains of: the extinct “lava mouse” Maylpaisomis insularis (Hutterer, López-Martínez & Michaux 1988); osprey (Haliaeetus sp.); seabird (Puffinus holei Walker, Wragg y Harrison 1990); terrestrial gastropods and locust oothecas.