Cueva del Agua: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chondrina farnesia
Helix sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
cf. Alytes sp. Wagler 1829
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus cf. sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pitymys (Meridiopitymys) ex gr. duodecimcostatus
synonym of Microtus
Pitymys (Meridiopitymys) grupo duodecimcostatus
Microtus brecciensis (Forsyth Major 1905)
Arvicola cf. sapidus
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902
Allocricetus bursae
Allocricetus bursae cf. pyrenaicus
Pliomys lenki
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Eliomys quercinus granatensis nov. ssp.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cf. cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. deningeri Reichenau 1904
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Granada
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 3.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Middle Pleistocene, similar to Arago.
Lithology and environment
Environment:karst indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:34842
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-10-07 07:40:41 Last modified:2003-10-07 10:40:41
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-07 07:40:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9314.PACED N. L. Martinez and A. R. Bustos. 1977. Descubrimiento de dos yacimientos del Pleistoceno medio en el karst de la Sierra Alfaguara (Granada). Sintesis estratigraphica de este periodo en la region Betica. Estudios Geologicos 33:255-265 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

66368 J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]