Figueira Brava (Pleistocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.0° N, 8.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 9.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Mousterian

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire and M. T. Antunes. 1991. Presence du grand pingouin, Pinguinus impennis (Aves, Charadriiformes) dans le Pleistocene du Portugal. Geobios 24(2):201-205 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 122307: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk