Where: Algarve, Portugal (37.1° N, 8.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 8.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Late Pleistocene, not older than Riss-Wurm, possibly first interstadial of the Wurm. Tools are Middle and Upper Paleolithic (Epipaleolithic) - but rather 'uncharacteristic' artefacts.
Environment/lithology: karst
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: 8 stone tools, made of quartzite, quartz, flint and graywacke.
Primary reference: M. T. Antunes, G. Manuppella, P. Mein and G. Zbyszewski. 1986. Goldra: premier gisement karstique en Algarve, faune et industries. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 8:31-42 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 40984: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit | |
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse The most numerous species with 52 teeth.
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Microtus brecciensis, "Pitymys duodecimcostatus" = Microtus
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Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 Greater white-toothed shrew 1 complete maxilla, 11 isolated teeth and some fragments.
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew 1 mandible with M2-M3, 1 mandible with incisor root and P4-M1.
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Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
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