Cova del Bolomor level XV (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.1° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 0.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: OIS 8 zone, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• There is currently a programme underway, radiometric dating by OSL, ESR and palaeomagnetism, which will further re"ne the chronology of the entire sequence.

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. Blasco and J. Fernández Peris. 2021. From tortoises to elephants: the impact of elephants in the broad spectrum diet at Bolomor Cave (MIS 9–5 Spain). In G. E. Konidaris, R. Barkai, V. Tourloukis, K. Harvati (eds.), Human-Elephant Interactions: from Past to Present 363-385 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221424: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799 Irish elk
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Aves
 Aves -
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise