Atapuerca TD10: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Iberomys brecciensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (Toula 1902)
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Cervidae
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
van der Made 1998
Cervus elephas
van der Made 1998
Megaloceros sp. Brookes 1828
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Pliomys lenki
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Terricola atapuerquensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
synonym of Microtus
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Arvicola sapidus
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus aff. flavicollis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix maura (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T2, T12, T18-22
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz 1822)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T20-22
Coronella cf. girondica (Daudin 1803)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-level T22
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T12, T17-22
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera cf. aspis (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
recombined as Vipera (Vipera) aspis
In all sub-levels except for T0 and T3
Vipera cf. latastei Boscà 1878
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T15 and T22
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels except for T0 and T3
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-level T21
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti 1768)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Bufo obstetricans
In all sub-levels except for T3
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus (Daudin 1802)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana punctata
In all sub-levels except for T2, T3, T9
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cultripes (Tschudi 1838)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana cultripes
In sub-levels T9, T17, T19-22
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T18 and T22
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo calamita Cope 1864
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels except for T3
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana bufo
In all sub-levels
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana arborea
In sub-levels T6, T17, T19, T20, T22
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 42.3° North, 3.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 3.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Trinchera de Ferrocarril Local bed:10
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, post Brunhes/Matuyama boundary. OIS 9-11, approximately 0.5-0.4Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: Gravel and boulders
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Gran Dolina
Database number:34926
Authorizer:A. Turner, P. Mannion Enterer:H. O'Regan, L. Macaluso
Modifier:L. Macaluso Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-20 04:09:48 Last modified:2019-06-05 10:35:19
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-20 04:09:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9351.PACED 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]

Secondary references:

67390 H.-A. Blain, S. Bailon, G. Cuenca-Bescós, J. L. Arsuaga, J. M. Bermύdez Castro and E. Carbonell. 2009. Long-term climate record inferred from early-middle Pleistocene amphibian and squamate reptile assemblages at the Gran Dolina Cave, Atapuerca, Spain. Journal of Human Evolution 56:55-65 [P. Mannion/L. Macaluso]
9346PACED G. Cuenca-Bescos, C. Laplana, and J. I. Canudo. 1999. Biochronological implications of the Arvicolidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Pleistocene hominid-bearing level of Trinchera Dolina 6 (TD6, Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution 37(3-4):353-373 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/J. Alroy]
9345PACED N. Garcia and J. L. Arsuaga. 1999. Carnivores from the Early Pleistocene hominid-bearing Trinchera Dolina 6 (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution 37:415-430 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9380PACED J. van der Made. 1998. Ungulados de Gran Dolina, Atapuerca: nuevos datos e interpretationes. In Aguirre, E., ed., Atapuerca y la evolucion humana. Fundacion Ramon Areces, Madrid. 99-109 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]