Ambrona level AS3 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Soria, Spain (41.2° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• from the "Lower Member Complex"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous siliciclastic sediments

• "more clayey facies"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1993 to 2000

Primary reference: E. Soto, C. Sesé, A. Pérez-Gonzalez and M. Santonja. 2001. Mammal fauna with Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus from the lower levels of Ambrona (Soria, Spain). The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001 607-610 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73760: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• a general list of micromammals is given for the entire Lower Member Complex, but not broken down
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp.
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., cf. Cervus sp., Cervus elaphus, cf. Dama sp., Dama cf. dama
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
cf. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
cf. Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Dama cf. dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bos primigenius
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox