Gritulu (Pleistocene of France)
Where: Corse, France (42.9° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 9.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-D. Vigne, S. Bailon, and J. Cuisin. 1997. Biostratigraphy of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in Corsica and the role of man in the Holocene faunal turnover. Anthropozoological 25-26:587-604 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215363: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Episoriculus corsicanus Bate 1944 red-toothed shrew | |
Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829 pika | |
Rhagamys orthodon Hensel 1856 mouse | |
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli
"Tyrrhenicola henseli" = Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli F. Major 1905 vole | |
Reptilia | |
Coturnix cotumix quail | |
Aves | |
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel | |
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus 1758 green sandpiper | |
Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 osprey | |
Gypaetus barbatus Linnaeus 1758 bearded vulture
Circaetus gallicus hawk
Buteo ? lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 rough-legged hawk
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle | |
Parus cf. major Linnaeus 1758 great tit | |
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Sylvia cf. borin Boddaert 1783 garden warbler | |
Turdus merulaltorquatus true thrush
Turdus cf. philomelos Brehm 1831 song thrush | |
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw | |
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling | |
? Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
? Phoenicurus sp. Forster 1817 flycatcher | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon | |
Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauvire and Weesie 1986 eagle-owl | |
Amphibia | |
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837 painted frog | |
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad |