Moleta Cave, Z200-300: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Hirundinidae
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Hirundinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| cf. Hirundo/Ptyonoprogne rupestris | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Muscicapidae
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Saxicola rubetra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Saxicola torquata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Saxicola torquatus | ||||||||||
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Phoenicurus sp.
Forster 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Phoenicurus cf. phoeniciurus/ochruros | ||||||||||
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Erithacus rubecula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Erithacus rubecula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Emberizidae
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Emberiza sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Emberiza cf. cirlus/citrinella | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Alaudidae
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Alauda arvensis
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Paridae
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Parus ater
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Periparus ater | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Motacillidae
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Motacillidae indet.
Horsfield 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sylviidae
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Sylvia sp.
Scopoli 1769
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Fringillidae
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Coccothraustes coccothraustes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Carduelis chloris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Chloris chloris | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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60 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Pyrrhocorax sp.
Tunstall 1771
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pyrrhocorax graculus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Apus sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Apus cf. apus/pallidus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porzana porzana
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Athene noctua
(Scopoli 1769)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 2.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 2.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: +/-15000 YBP | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194940 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-07 15:19:09 | Last modified: | 2018-07-07 15:19:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-07 15:19:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66276. | B. Seguí, C. Mourer-Chauviré, and J. A. Alcover. 1997. Upper Pleistocene and Holocene fossil avifauna from Moleta cave (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 40:223-252 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |