Ambrona level AS1 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Soria, Spain (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

• "very detritic"

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 73757: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

• a general list of micromammals is given for the entire Lower Member Complex, but not broken down
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
cf. Equus sp., Equus caballus
cf. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
"Dicerorhinus hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bos primigenius
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 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
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Elephas sp., "Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant