B-8 Cave: Holocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Galliformes indet.
Temminck 1820
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phasianidae
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Lagopus muta
(Montin 1781)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Coturnix coturnix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bonasa bonasia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Tetrastes bonasia | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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22 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Corvidae
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Corvidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Pyrrhocorax sp.
Tunstall 1771
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Pyrrhocorax graculus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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16 specimens | ||||||
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cf. Perisoreus infaustus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Muscicapidae
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Ficedula sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Ficedula hypoleuca
(Pallas 1764)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Fringillidae
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Coccothraustes coccothraustes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Laniidae
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Lanius sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Columbidae
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Columba sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Columba oenas
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Columba palumbus
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophidia
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Ophidia indet.
Latreille 1804
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Plecotus sp.
Geoffroy 1818
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Arvicola sapidus
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Chionomys nivalis
(Martins 1842)
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Capra pyrenaica
Schinz 1838
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 0.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 0.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 2130 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 6930 ± 50 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A bear sample was 14C dated in the Poznan Radiocarbon Laboratory, in Poland, yielding an age of 6930 ± 50 BP. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 199942 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-22 22:08:29 | Last modified: | 2019-02-22 22:08:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-22 22:08:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68009. | C. Núñez-Lahuerta, J. Galán, V. Sauqué, R. Rabal-Garcés, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2018. Avian remains from new Upper Pleistocene and Holocene sites in the Spanish Pyrenees. Quaternary International 481:123-134 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |