Also known as Quibas
Where: Murcia, Spain (38.2° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• site is the filling of a karstic cavity, the majority of specimens were collected from the ground surface. Two levels in the lower part of the detritic sequence are very rich in fossils. Dated using microfauna to between 1.3-1.0Ma.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Site found in 1994 by the "Grupe Cultural Paleontologico de Elche" (Alicante)
Primary reference: P. Montoya, M. T. Alberdi, L. J. Barbadillo, J. Made, J. Morales, X. Murelaga, E. Penalver, F. Robles, A. R. Bustos, A. Sanchez, B. Sanchiz, D. Soria, and Z. Szyndlar. 2001. Une faune tres diversifee du Pleistocene inferieur de la Sierra de Quibas (province de Murcia, Espagne). Comptes Rendus de L'Academie des Sciences Serie II Fasicule A - Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 332:387-393 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 34128: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.08.2003, edited by Gemma Benevento
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia | |
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad | |
Reptilia | |
Blanus sp. Wagler 1830 worm lizard | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris, Natrix sp.
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake | |
Tarentola mauritanica wall gecko | |
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates IPHES QB-06-EC-H/1, one right maxilla; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/2, one left dentary; IPHES QB06-EC-H/3, one right dentary; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/4 and 5, two fragments of dentaries; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/6, one trunk vertebra; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/7, one anterior caudal vertebra; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/8-10, three posterior caudal vertebrae
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Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
Lacerta lepida Daudin 1802 Jewelled lizard
Psammodromus algirus Linneaus 1758 Algerian psammodromus | |
Aves | |
Geronticus eremita Linnaeus 1758 northern bald ibis | |
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 common cuckoo | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon | |
Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 tawny owl
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl | |
Parus major Linnaeus 1758 great tit | |
"Delichon urbica" = Delichon urbicum
"Delichon urbica" = Delichon urbicum Linnaeus 1758 common house-martin | |
"Saxicola torquata" = Saxicola torquatus Linnaeus 1766 African stonechat
Phoenicurus ochruros Gmelin 1774 black redstart
Oenanthe hispanica Linnaeus 1758 black-eared wheatear | |
Anthus pratensis Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit | |
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris, Carduelis carduelis
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus 1758 European goldfinch | |
Gypaetus barbatus Linnaeus 1758 bearded vulture | |
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise | |
Mammalia | |
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat | |
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque | |
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse | |
Arvicola deucalion vole | |
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse | |
Hystrix refossa porcupine | |
Oryctolagus sp. Lilljeborg 1874 rabbit | |
Prolagus calpensis pika | |
Neomys anomalus water shrew | |
Lynx pardinus Temminck 1827 Iberian lynx | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Equus altidens horse | |
Gastropoda | |
Pomatias sulcatus periwinkle | |
Bythinella sp. Moquin-Tandon 1856 snail | |
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Rumina decollata Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
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Vitrina sp. Draparnaud 1801 slug | |
"Iberus gualtieranus" = Helix (Iberus)
"Iberus gualtieranus" = Helix (Iberus) slug | |
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Myriapoda | |
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844 millipede | |
Insecta | |
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle |