Sta. Catalina (Pleistocene of Spain)
Where: Spain (43.4° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 2.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• upper Magdalenian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: E. Álvarez-Fernández. 2011. Humans and marine resource interaction reappraised: Archaeofauna remains during the late Pleistocene and Holocene in Cantabrian Spain. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 30:327-343 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 215694: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Aves indet. bird "penguin" is implided in the original reference which was interpreted as Spheniscidae indet. which is almost certainly incorrect
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Gavia sp. Forster 1788 loon | |
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Sulidae indet. Reichenbach 1849 booby | |
Somateria mollissima, Somateria spectabilis, Melanitta fusca, Melanitta nigra, Mergus serrator, Branta leucopsis, Polysticta stelleri, Tadorna sp.
Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 common eider
Somateria spectabilis Linnaeus 1758 king eider
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 common scoter
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Branta leucopsis Bechstein 1803 barnacle goose
Polysticta stelleri Pallas 1769 waterfowl
Tadorna sp. Boie 1822 shelduck | |
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Alcidae indet. Leach 1820 auk | |
Laridae indet., "Sternidae indet." = Sterninae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull
"Sternidae indet." = Sterninae Bonaparte 1838 tern | |
| Mammalia | |
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Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Gadus morhua cod | |
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Soleidae indet. flatfish | |
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Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |