Strashnaya Cave (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (51.4° N, 83.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 83.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Palaeolithic layers 3-4 m under the surface are dated at about 25000 YBP, whereas the layers 4-6 m under the surface are dated to 40-45 Ka BP. There are no data indicating the layer the bird remains were found in.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. I. Burchak-Abramovich and D. N. Burchak. 1998. The birds of the late Quaternary of the Altai Mts. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 41:51-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194807: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alectoris chukar Gray 1830 chukar
Lagopus lagopus Linnaeus 1758 willow ptarmigan
"Lagopus mutus" = Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie
"Tetrao tetrix" = Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco altaicus Menzbier 1891 Altai falcon
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Cuculus cf. canorus Linnaeus 1758 common cuckoo
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian magpie
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Corvus cf. monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
Perisoreus infaustus Linnaeus 1758 Siberian jay
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas querquedula" = Spatula querquedula, "cf. Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope, Aythya ferina
"Anas querquedula" = Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 garganey
"cf. Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wigeon
Aythya ferina Linnaeus 1758 common pochard