Bois du Cantet (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Haute-Pyrenees, France (43.2° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 0.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. R. Stewart. 2002. Sea-birds from coastal and non-coastal, archaeological and “natural” Pleistocene deposits or not all unexpected deposition is of human origin. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 45:167-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125313: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2012, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Elaphe cf. longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 dovekie
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad