Where: Spain (43.3° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 5.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• middle Magdalenian
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: M. S. Corchón-Rodriguez, A. Mateos, E. A. Fernández, E. Peñalver, X. Delclòs and J. Made. 2008. Ressources complémentaires et mobilité dans le Magdalénien cantabrique. Nouvelles données sur les mammifères marins, les crustacés, les mollusques et les roches organogènes de la Grotte de Las Caldas (Asturies, Espagne). L’anthropologie 112:284-327 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96706: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Physeter macrocephalus catodon sperm whale | |
Thecostraca | |
Coronula diadema Linnaeus 1767 whale barnacle | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 mussel | |
Teredo navalis clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Littorina littorea periwinkle
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Mammalia | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Globicephala melas Traill 1809 long-finned pilot whale | |
Halichoerus grypus Fabricius 1791 grey seal |