El Cerro de los Batallonesun caso práctico de actuación paleontológica de carácter preventivo

  1. Fraile Gracia, Susana
  2. Morales Romero, Jorge
  3. García Somoza, Pilar
  4. Pesquero, María Dolores
Aldizkaria:
Coloquios de Paleontología

ISSN: 1132-1660

Argitalpen urtea: 2003

Zenbakia: 1

Orrialdeak: 163-169

Mota: Artikulua

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Coloquios de Paleontología

Laburpena

The July 9th law 10/1998 of Historical Heritage of Autonomous Community of Madrid rules the protection of the Palaeontological Heritage in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. According to this regulation the mining work carried out at the Cerro de los Batallones area (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid), where is situated the exceptional Miocene vertebrate site of Batallones-1, have been systematically controlled in order to prevent the destruction of new fossiliferous sites. As a result of these actuations four new fossil vertebrate sites have been discovered.