Ambrona Lower Levels (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; lithology not reported

• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1993 to 2000

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195563: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cultipres spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus galganoi Capula et al. 1985 painted frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake