Atapuerca TD8: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Iberomys huescarensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Iberomys brecciensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana arborea
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana bufo
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Bufo calamita Cope 1864
Blain et al. 2009
In all sub-levels
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T28
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti 1768)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Bufo obstetricans
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus (Daudin 1802)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana punctata
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cultripes (Tschudi 1838)
Blain et al. 2009
original and current combination Rana cultripes
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elephas
van der Made 1998
Megaloceros sp. Brookes 1828
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
van der Made 1998
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
van der Made 1998
stenonid
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
? uncertain occurence
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Garcia and Arsuaga 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys helleri
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix refossa
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Terricola atapuerquensis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
synonym of Microtus
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mimomys savini
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Allocricetus sp. Schaub 1930
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Pliomys episcopalis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus aff. flavicollis
Cuenca-Bescos et al. 1999
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera cf. aspis (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
recombined as Vipera (Vipera) aspis
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Natrix maura (Linnaeus 1758)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz 1822)
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T24, T27, T28
Lacerta sp. sensu lato Linnaeus 1758
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27 and T28
Reptilia
Blanus cinereus Vandelli 1797
Blain et al. 2009
In sub-levels T27
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Castilla-Leon
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 3.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 3.5° 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:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, after the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary. Mid-'Cromerian complex' approximately 0.7-0.6Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: Gravel and boulders
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:34925
Authorizer:A. Turner, P. Mannion Enterer:H. O'Regan, L. Macaluso
Modifier:L. Macaluso Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-20 03:51:02 Last modified:2019-06-07 09:41:55
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-20 03:51:02
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]