Las Yedras: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus Kormos 1932
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus cf. flavicollis
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo aff. regularis
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana bufo
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Granada
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 3.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Pleistocene. similar to Mt. Peglia, Betfia 2. (pre-Cromerian).
Lithology and environment
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:34848
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-07 08:23:41 Last modified:2003-10-07 11:23:42
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-07 08:23:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9314.PACED N. L. Martinez and A. R. Bustos. 1977. Descubrimiento de dos yacimientos del Pleistoceno medio en el karst de la Sierra Alfaguara (Granada). Sintesis estratigraphica de este periodo en la region Betica. Estudios Geologicos 33:255-265 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

9580PACED H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]