Where: Valencia, Spain (39.1° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 0.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: OIS 9 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 221426: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant | |
Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799 Irish elk
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Hemitragus bonali antelope
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros | |
Equus ferus horse | |
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit | |
Aves | |
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck | |
Passeriformes indet. perching bird | |
Reptilia | |
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant |