Scladina and Sous-Saint-Paul caves (Pleistocene of Belgium)
Where: Namur, Belgium (50.5° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 4.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• middle to late Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: cave; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: H.-A. Blain, J. M. López-García, J.-M. Cordy Pirson, G. Abrams, K. Di Modica and D. Bonjean. 2014. Middle to Late Pleistocene herpetofauna from Scladina and Sous-Saint-Paul caves (Namur, Belgium). Comptes Rendus Palevol 13:681-690 [G. Benevento/G. Benevento]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206229: authorized by Gemma Benevento, entered by Gemma Benevento on 04.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad one pterygoid, one squamosal, 12 vertebrae, one sacrum, three urostyles, one scapula, one clavicle, one coracoid, four humeri, six radio-ulna, seven ilia, two femurs, four tibio-fibula, two fibulare and two carpals.
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Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog one exoccipital, one atlas, one cora-coid, three ilia, one tibio-fibula, three fibulare and three carpals.
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Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake one cervical vertebra, four trunk vertebrae, one caudal vertebra and four ribs.
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"Vipera cf. berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
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Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm one cervical vertebra, eight trunk vertebrae, eight caudal vertebrae and one osteoderm.
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