Also known as Gorham's Cave
Where: Gibraltar (36.1° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 5.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• At Gorham’s, the specimen’s context was an undisturbed unit containing stone tools characteristic of Neanderthal Man. Although neither age determination is precise, they place the Azure-winged Magpie remains well within the last glacial period.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: C. B. Stringer, J. C. Finlayson, R. N. E. Barton, Y. Fernandez-Jalvo, I. Caceres, R. C. Sabin, E. J. Rhodes, A. P. Currant, J. Rodriguez-Vidal, F. Giles-Pacheco, and J. A. Riquelme-Cantal. 2008. Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(38):14319-14324 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 90037: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.07.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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Mammalia | |
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena | |
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
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