Research paper
Methodology and state-of-the-art of the palaeontological heritage included in the Spanish Inventory of Sites of Geological Interest
JUANA VEGAS
Área de Patrimonio Geológico y Minero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. j.vegas@igme.es
Corresponding author
GRACIELA DELVENE
Museo Geominero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. g.delvene@igme.es
SILVIA MENÉNDEZ
Museo Geominero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid, Spain. s.menendez@igme.es
ANA CABRERA
Área de Patrimonio Geológico y Minero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. a.cabrera@igme.es
ÁNGEL GARCÍA-CORTÉS
Área de Patrimonio Geológico y Minero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. a.cabrera@igme.es
ENRIQUE DÍAZ-MARTÍNEZ
Área de Patrimonio Geológico y Minero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. e.diaz@igme.es
LUIS CARCAVILLA
Área de Patrimonio Geológico y Minero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid. Spain. l.carcavilla@igme.es
ISABEL RÁBANO
Museo Geominero. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Ríos Rosas 23. 28003 Madrid, Spain. i.rabano@igme.es
ABSTRACT
The Spanish Inventory of Sites of Geological Interest (IELIG is the acronym in Spanish) is a systematic geoheritage inventory of advanced recognition, which is methodologically designed to cover the entire Spanish territory and to identify the Sites of Geological Interest (geosites or LIG: acronym in Spanish) of national relevance of each of the main geological domains of the country. This inventory is expressly included in Law 42/2007 on natural heritage and biodiversity and Royal Decree 556/2011, for the development of the Spanish Inventory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity. For this reason, the IELIG has to be representative of the Spanish geodiversity and includes geosites of all the disciplines of Geology, including those whose main interest is of palaeontological type. The different types of geosites of palaeontological interest included in the IELIG have been analyzed according to their main taxonomic interests and geographical situation. Some of the more relevant palaeontological geosites have been selected to relate them to movable geoheritage located in museums and collections in order to analyze the various factors that have affected them over time.
Key words: Inventory, geoheritage, palaeontological heritage, legislation, Spain.
How to cite: Vegas, J., Delvene, G., Menéndez, S., Cabrera, A., García-Cortés, Á., Díaz-Martínez, E., Carcavilla, L. & Rábano, I. 2019. Metodología y estado actual del patrimonio paleontológico en el Inventario Español de Lugares de Interés Geológico. [Methodology and state-of-the-art of the palaeontological heritage included in the Spanish Inventory of Sites of Geological Interest]. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 34 (1), 17-34.
Received 17 February 2019, Accepted 22 May 2019, Published 30 June 2019
https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.34.1.15221
(Spanish only)