Vallonnet Cave bed 4, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes Maritimes (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Alpes Maritimes, France (43.8° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: 4 Member, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Late Early Pleistocene, dated by ESR to 900,000BP.

Environment/lithology: cave

• 5 stratigraphic units at the site, making a total depth of 1.5m of sediment. Stalagmite causes closure of the cave after depostion of level 3.
• stalagmite floor.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Long warm, forested phase.

Primary reference: H. de Lumley. 1988. La stratigraphie du remplissage de la Grotte du Vallonnet. L'Anthropologie (Paris) 92(2):407-428 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50524: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 17.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Quercus pendunculata oak
Quercus type pendunculata-pubescens
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Carpinus orientalis hornbeam
Carpinus orientalis-ostrya sp.
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce