Pontnewydd Cave: Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
3 specimens
a molar, a mandibular fragment and a vertebral element
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus gregalis
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. timidus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona pusilla
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bos or Bison sp.
Ovis cf. antiqua
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger 1839)
recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Wales
Coordinates: 53.2° North, 3.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.2° North, 3.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:82 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: hominid from the Intermediate Complex, all others from both the Intermediate Complex and the Lower Breccia. Dating done with Uranium series, and thermoluminescence yield dates 200-180kyr
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse,pebbly cherty/siliceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous breccia
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Intermediate Complex are transitional between sand/gravel units and breccia units. Unit is characterized by the presence of siliceous pebbles, badly sorted coarse sand and highly altered limestone clasts. Breccia units comprise many angular coarse particles, mainly limestone, with medium to strong carbonate cement.
Environment:cave
Geology comments: fluvial and mudflow deposits into a cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: also includes archaeological material (300 artefacts)
Metadata
Database number:34940
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-10-20 17:46:55 Last modified:2008-12-16 21:20:58
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-20 17:46:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9383.5% 28900H. S. Green, C. B. Stringer, S. N. Collcutt, A. P. Currant, J. Huxtable, H. P. Schwarcz, N. Debenham, C. Embleton, P. Bull, T. I. Molleson, and R. E. Bevins. 1981. Pontnewydd Cave in Wales -- a new Middle Pleistocene hominid site. Nature 294(24):707-713 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]