Where: Mallorca, Spain (39.4° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 2.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; tabular sandstone and muddy siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. Bover, A. Valenzuela, C. Guerra, J. Rofes, J. A. Alcover, J. Ginés, J. J. Fornós, G. Cuenca-Bescós, and A. Merino. 2014. The Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Llucmajor, Mallorca): a singular deposit bearing an exceptional well preserved Early Pleistocene vertebrate fauna. International Journal of Speleology 43(2):175-192 [M. Uhen/A. Levy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 214536: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Andrew Levy on 05.10.2020, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Amphibia | |
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Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog | |
| Reptilia | |
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Podarcis aff. lilfordi Wall lizards | |
| Aves | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Fringillidae indet. Vigors 1825 finch | |
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Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
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Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
cf. Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Pica mourerae Segui 2001 perching bird | |
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Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
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Crex sp. Bechstein 1803 rail | |
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Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. 1980 barn owl | |
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Athene vallgornerensis true owl | |
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Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon | |
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Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock | |
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Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk
cf. Gyps sp. Savigny 1809 vulture
Aegypius sp. Savigny 1809 Old World vulture | |
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Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon | |
| Mammalia | |
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Nesiotites aff. ponsi shrew | |
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Myotragus aff. kopperi Moya and Pons 1980 antelope | |
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Hypnomys onicensis Reumer 1994 Balearic Dormice | |
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Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat | |
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Rhinolophus aff. mehelyi horseshoe bat | |