Resumen de Valoración patrimonial de las formaciones dunares Cuaternarias del Barranco de los Encantados y Cantera de Melián de la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias)
Yurena Yanes López, Carolina Castillo Ruiz, Rainer Hutterer, Julio de la Nuez Pestana, Trinidad de Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Jonas Luís Ortiz, José Ángel Torres, María Rosario Esther Alonso Alonso, Miguel Ibáñez Genís
This paper deals with the evaluatioh of the preservation interest of two Quaternary loca lites with aeolian deposits, Barranco de los Encantados and Cantera Melián, from the Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands). Their scientific, social and cultural importance has been evaluated. It is noteworthy to signify that thay are the type localities of a new terrestrial gastropod species belonging to genus Cochlicella. Due to mining activities are destroying both deposits, their inclusion in the maximum level of legal protection has been proposed (Paleontological Zone according to 4/7999 law on Canarian Historical Heritage).
