A new site from the Spanish Middle Pleistocene with cold-resistant faunal elements: La Parte (Asturias, Spain)

• Published in: Quaternary International
• Main Authors: Álvarez Lao, Diego, García García, Nuria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: 569:551.791(460.12); Paleontología; Geología estratigráfica; 2416.05 Paleontología de Los Vertebrados; Giganteus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104539; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2005.03.008

The La Parte (Asturias) northern Spain site contains a cold-adapted mammal faunal assemblage that corresponds to a level radiometrically dated to a minimum age of 150 ka. It represents the most ancient site with cold resistant fauna in the Iberian Peninsula. Among the species recorded in La Parte, C...