Small mammals from Sima de los Huesos

J Hum Evol. 1997 Aug-Sep;33(2-3):175-90. doi: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0153.

Abstract

A small collection of rodents from Sima de los Huesos helps to clarify the stratigraphic position of this famous human locality. The presence of Allocricetus bursae and Pliomys lenki relictus and the size of A. bursae, Apodemus sylvaticus and Eliomys quercinus suggest a Middle Pleistocene age (Saalian) to the Clays where humans have been found.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones / anatomy & histology*
  • Dentition
  • Fossils*
  • Humans
  • Mammals / anatomy & histology*
  • Mammals / classification
  • Mandible / anatomy & histology
  • Paleodontology
  • Paleontology
  • Rodentia / anatomy & histology*
  • Rodentia / classification
  • Spain
  • Time
  • Tooth / anatomy & histology*