Atapuerca TD11: 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
Cervus elephas
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
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Castilla-Leon
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 3.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 3.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:11
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, after Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, OIS 9-11, approximately 0.5-0.4Ma.
Lithology and environment
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
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:34927
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-20 04:26:43 Last modified:2003-10-20 07:35:11
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-20 04:26:43
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:

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]