Cueva de las Grajas (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Malaga, Spain (37.1° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 4.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195564: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo aff. hermanni
Testudo aff. hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Blanus cinereus
Blanus cinereus Vandelli 1797 Mediterranean worm lizard
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp., Lacerta lepida
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Lacerta lepida Daudin 1802 Jewelled lizard
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coronella cf. girondica, Coluber sp., Malpolon monspessulanus
Coronella cf. girondica Daudin 1803 southern smooth snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann 1804 Montpellier snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp.
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana perezi
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus cf. jeanneae
Discoglossus cf. jeanneae Busack 1986 painted frog