Ambrona level AS1: Middle Pleistocene, Spain
collected 1993 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | ||||||
Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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105 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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cf. Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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9 specimens | ||||||
cf. Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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18 specimens | ||||||
Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | ||||||
cf. Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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3 specimens | ||||||
Dama cf. dama
(Linnaeus 1758)
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12 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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15 specimens | ||||||
Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Soria |
Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 2.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: from the "Lower Member Complex" |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: "very detritic" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1993 to 2000 |
Taxonomic list comments:a general list of micromammals is given for the entire Lower Member Complex, but not broken down |
Metadata
Database number: | 73757 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-06-27 15:52:59 | Last modified: | 2007-06-27 18:52:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-27 15:52:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24726. | E. Soto, C. Sesé, A. Pérez-Gonzalez and M. Santonja. 2001. Mammal fauna with Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus from the lower levels of Ambrona (Soria, Spain). The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001 607-610 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |