Atapuerca TD6-AS, Spanien


Fundort: Atapuerca TD6-AS, Spanien, Castilla-Leon, Spanien
Taxon: Homo antecessor aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, This is the hominid bearing Aurora stratum, which is the top section of TD6, between T36-43. Gran Dolina is formed of 11 levels. Dated between 0.99Ma (Jaramillo) and the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78Ma). , 25cm thick layer with a silty matrix and decimetric clasts.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,0117 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Spanien
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian, Calabrian, Middle Pleistocene, Late Pleistocene / Pleistocene /
Koordinaten: 42° 21 ' 9 '' N, 3° 31 ' 8 '' W

Literatur

J. C. Diez, Y. Fernandez-Jalvo, J. Rosell, I. Caceres 1999, Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of Aurora Stratum (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution. 37, p. 623 - 652

Systematik