Atapuerca TD7 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Also known as Gran Dolina

Where: Castilla-Leon, Spain (42.4° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• TD7 is at the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, approximately 0.78Ma, beginning of the Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; claystone

• Lutite/terra-rossa

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: bulk,

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 34924: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.10.2003, edited by Loredana Macaluso

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 1 large mammal species and herpetofauna
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus1 Daudin 1802 parsley frog
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans1 Laurenti 1768 midwife frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo1 Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita1 Cope 1864 toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coronella austriaca1 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Rhinechis scalaris1 Schinz 1822 ladder snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
sensu lato Lacerta sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Ovibos sp.2 Blainville 1816 muskox
Ovibos or Praeovibos sp.