Also known as Gran Dolina, Aurora Stratum
Where: Castilla-Leon, Spain (42.4° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 3.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• This is the hominid bearing Aurora stratum, which is the top section of TD6, between T36-43. Gran Dolina is formed of 11 levels. Dated between 0.99Ma (Jaramillo) and the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78Ma).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Material currently held in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid and Laboratori de Arqeologia de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. They will be permanently stored in the Museo de Burgos.
Primary reference: E. Carbonell, M. Esteban, A. Martin Najera, M. Mosquera, X.P. Rodriguez, A. Olle, R. Sala, J.M. Verges, J.M. Bermudez Castro and A.I. Ortega. 1999. The Pleistocene site of Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: a history of the archaeological investigations. Journal of Human Evolution 1999(37):313-324 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 34872: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Allocricetus sp.1, Pliomys episcopalis1, Mimomys savini1, "Microtus seseae" = Microtus1, "Terricola arvalidens" = Microtus1, "Stenocranius gregaloides" = Microtus (Stenocranius)1
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Capreolus sp.2 Gray 1821 roe MNI = 1 (but Van der Made (1999) rejected the identification of Capreolus in TD6)
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