Grotte de l'Observatoire, Foyer G (Pleistocene of Monaco)

Where: Monaco (43.7° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Musée d'Anthropologie préhistorique de Monaco

Primary reference: M. Boule and L. De Villeneuve. 1927. La grotte de l'Observatoire à Monaco. Archives de l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine Mémoire 1:1-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191725: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta
"Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
ssp. spelaea
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811 dhole
ssp. europaea