Ungulates from Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain): Presence of cold-adapted elements in NE Iberia during the MIS 3

Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology of European Equus

“…This species is related to asses (Azzaroli, 1979;Eisenmann, 2006a); proximity with E. hydruntinus has been already pointed by Caloi (1995). This morphotype was also developed on the other side of the Pyrenees in the north-east of Spain, on the site of Teixoneres, dated to MIS 3 (Álvarez-Lao et al, 2017). Equus hydruntinus davidi was also identified from one late Würmian site in Portugal (Cardoso, 1995).…”

“…For example, its presence is confirmed at the start of MIS 4 in a relatively arid climate in Calabria (southern Italy), where a Mediterranean influence persisted (Marra and Bellomo, 2008). During cold episodes, Equus hydruntinus is accompanied by species that are very welladapted to such a climate, such as for example M. primigenius and C. antiquitatis in the northeast of Spain (Álvarez-Lao et al, 2017), and Saiga tatarica and Rangifer tarandus in the south of France (Crégut-Bonnoure and Paccard, 1997).…”

Un diente de cría de mamut (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799, Proboscidea) procedente del Musteriense de la Cueva de la Arbreda (Serinyà, NE de la Península Ibérica)

“…In these assemblages, cold-adapted faunas occur in low frequencies, mainly in the regions of Cantabria and Catalonia. This demonstrates the transitional character that these areas had during MIS-3, between the Eurasian steppe biome and the Iberian temperate refuge (Álvarez-Lao & García, 2012;Álvarez-Lao et al, 2017).…”

“…These authors agree with RESUMEN Los restos de crías de mamut son raros en el registro fósil de la Península Ibérica. Hasta ahora, en Cataluña, se conocen solo en la cueva de les Teixoneres (Moià), dónde se acaba de publicar una dP2 (Álvarez-Lao et al, 2017). En este artículo, se presenta un nuevo descubrimiento de un resto de cría de mamut procedente del nivel J de la cueva de la Arbreda.…”

“…In Catalonia, the coexistence of woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos in MIS-3 has been well documented in the oryctocenosis of Riera dels Canyars (Gavà) (Daura et al, 2013) and Unit III of Teixoneres Cave (Moià) (Álvarez-Lao et al, 2017). Nonetheless, this association could already be present in MIS-4 of Riera de Sant Llorenç (Viladecans) (Daura et al, 2013).…”