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)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
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.
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
one exoccipital, one atlas, one cora-coid, three ilia, one tibio-fibula, three fibulare and three carpals.
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog
one humerus and one ilium.
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandra salamandra Linnaeus 1758 Fire salamander
one postsacral vertebra.
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake
one cervical vertebra, four trunk vertebrae, one caudal vertebra and four ribs.
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera cf. berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
"Vipera cf. berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder
four trunk vertebrae.
 Squamata - Colubridae
Zamenis longissimus colubrid snake
four trunk vertebrae.
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. agilis Linneaus 1758 Sand lizard
one dentary.
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
one cervical vertebra, eight trunk vertebrae, eight caudal vertebrae and one osteoderm.