Table 14.

Ancient mammalian taxa identified in sediment samples using ancient DNA analyses. Only the three samples positive for the preservation of ancient DNA and only the taxa identified as ancient in each sample are shown. The number of mtDNA fragments assigned to each family is noted on the left column, and the percentage of fragments carrying a cytosine to thymine (C → T) substitution to the relevant reference genome at their 5′‐ and 3′‐ends [with the lower bound of a one‐sided 95% confidence interval (CI) in parentheses] are noted on the middle and right columns, respectively. Detailed results for all samples and negative controls are shown in Table S3

		Equidae			Hyaenidae
Sample	Provenance	No. of fragments	% 5 ′ C → T (low 95% CI)	% 3 ′ C → T (low 95% CI)	No. of fragments	% 5 ′ C → T (low 95% CI)	% 3 ′ C → T (low 95% CI)
C147	SU 15; Square A11	21	50.0	75.0	68	50.0	50.0
			(22.2)	(24.9)		(24.5)	(27.9)
C170	SU 15; Square A11	20	42.9	75.0	–	–	–
			(12.9)	(24.9)
C173	SU 15; Square AA11	–	–	–	23	50.0	75.0
						(15.3)	(24.9)