PBDB Collection

Cueva Victoria (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Murcia, Spain (37.6° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Dated using micro- and macro- fauna to the Lower Pleistocene (Palmqvist et al), but Carbonell & Rodriguez suggest (Fig. 8) 0.8Ma (ISO 22).

Environment/lithology: cave

• 'During the Plio-Pleistocene, the vertical karst, of Messinian origin, gave rise to cave openings to the exterior, which became filled with bone-bearing breccia.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: E. Carbonell, J. Estevez, S. Moya-Sola, J. Pons-Moya, J. Agusti and J. F. Villalta. 1981. Cueva Victoria (Murcia, Espana): Lugar de ocupacion humana mas antiguo de la Peninsula Iberica. Endins, Ciutat de Mallorca 8:47-57 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 34911: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.10.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus cf. mehelyi, Rhinolophus euryale Rhinolophus cf. mehelyi horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis sp. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Chiroptera - Miniopteridae	Miniopterus sp. Miniopterus sp. Bonaparte 1837 bend-winged bat
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Crocidura sp. Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Erinaceus sp. Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx spelaeus¹, ? Acinonyx sp., Panthera schaubi¹, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Megantereon cultridens¹, Homotherium latidens² Lynx spelaeus¹ lynx ? Acinonyx sp. Brookes 1828 cheetah Panthera schaubi¹ cat Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat Megantereon cultridens¹ Cuvier 1824 cat Homotherium latidens² Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pachycrocuta brevirostris Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
Carnivora - Canidae	Vulpes sp., Canis etruscus, "Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides" = Xenocyon lycaonoides¹ Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine "Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides" = Xenocyon lycaonoides¹ Kretzoi 1938 canine
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	"Cervus" elaphoides, "Megaceros (Megaceros) savini" = Megaloceros "Cervus" elaphoides deer "Megaceros (Megaceros) savini" = Megaloceros Irish elk
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Caprini indet., cf. Hemitragus sp., cf. Capra sp.¹, Bovini indet., Ovibovini indet. Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope cf. Hemitragus sp. Hodgson 1841 antelope cf. Capra sp.¹ Linnaeus 1758 goat Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope Ovibovini indet. antelope
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus¹ Stephanorhinus etruscus¹ Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Rodentia - Muridae	Apodemus mystacinus, Castillomys crusafonti² Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse Castillomys crusafonti² Michaux 1969 mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	Eliomys quercinus Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse Eliomys quercinus ssp.
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Allophaiomys chalinei Allophaiomys chalinei vole
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Oryctolagus cf. lacosti Oryctolagus cf. lacosti rabbit
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Prolagus calpensis Prolagus calpensis pika
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Theropithecus oswaldi¹ Theropithecus oswaldi¹ Andrews 1916 gelada
Primates - Hominidae	Homo sp.³ Homo sp.³ Linnaeus 1758 human 1 second phalange
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus meridionalis Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth

¹Gibert et al. 1995; ²Palmqvist et al. 1996; ³Pons Moya 1985