Atapuerca TD5: Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Iberomys huescarensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti 1768)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Bufo obstetricans
In all sub-levels except for T72-73
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus (Daudin 1802)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana punctata
In all sub-levels except for T56-57, T72-73
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels except for T72-73, T75-76
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-level T56
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo calamita Cope 1864
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana bufo
In all sub-levels except for T57, T64, T71-76
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi 1938)
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Homotherium latidens (Owen 1846)
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus sp. Schaub 1930
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Pliomys episcopalis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Microtus seseae
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Terricola arvalidens
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
synonym of Microtus
Stenocranius gregaloides
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
spelled with current rank as Microtus (Stenocranius)
Allophaiomys chalinei
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Micromys savini
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Micromys minutus
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Apodemus aff. flavicollis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys helleri
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T60-61, T63-68
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T60-61, T63-71, T74
Lacerta sp. sensu lato Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T63, T66, T68-70, T72, T74-75
Reptilia - Colubridae
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz 1822)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T65-66, T68, T71, T73-74
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels except for T56-59, T62, T69, T73, T75-76
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T65, T67-68, T70, T74
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera cf. aspis (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
recombined as Vipera (Vipera) aspis
In sub-levels T58-72
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
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Trinchera de Ferrocarril Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Dated between 0.99Ma (end Jaramillo) and 0.78Ma (Brunhes/Matuyama boundary).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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:34920
Authorizer:A. Turner, P. Mannion Enterer:H. O'Regan, L. Macaluso
Modifier:L. Macaluso Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-17 04:23:46 Last modified:2019-06-07 10:22:41
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-17 04:23:46
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]