Artazu VII: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain
collected by María-José Iriarte and Alvaro Arrizabalaga 2013

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sorex (Sorex) minutus
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coronella girondica (Daudin 1803)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829
Sorex (Sorex) araneus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola sapidus
Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus 1758)
Microtus (Terricola) sp. Schrank 1798
Microtus (Microtus) agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus (Microtus) arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Pliomys lenki
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana arborea
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837
Alytes obstreticans
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Salamandra salamandra Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Arrasate
Coordinates: 43.1° North, 2.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 2.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:351 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:98.4 to 88.5 Ka (other)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Therefore, considering that Artazu VII is attributed to the first half of the late Pleistocene and the inferred environment is relatively warm, we propose that the deposit would correspond to a warm moment in the MIS 5c substage.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:cave
Geology comments: The original cave is destroyed as a result of a blasting in the quarry
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Collection size:50000 specimens
Rock censused:54750 cm3 (volume)
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Collectors:María-José Iriarte and Alvaro Arrizabalaga Collection dates:2013
Metadata
Database number:191758
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-02-14 07:07:11 Last modified:2018-02-14 07:07:11
Access level:the public Released:2018-02-14 07:07:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
64698. A. Suarez-Bilbao, N. Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, A. Arrizabalaga, M.-J. IriarteChiapusso, and X. Murelaga. 2017. Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic approach to the upper Pleistocene site of Artazu VII (Arrasate, northern Iberian Peninsula) using small vertebrates. Ameghiniana 54:641-654 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]