Sierra de Quibas (Pleistocene of Spain)

Also known as Quibas

Where: Murcia, Spain (38.2° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• site is the filling of a karstic cavity, the majority of specimens were collected from the ground surface. Two levels in the lower part of the detritic sequence are very rich in fossils. Dated using microfauna to between 1.3-1.0Ma.

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• site is filling of a karstic cavity in Liassic limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Site found in 1994 by the "Grupe Cultural Paleontologico de Elche" (Alicante)

Primary reference: P. Montoya, M. T. Alberdi, L. J. Barbadillo, J. Made, J. Morales, X. Murelaga, E. Penalver, F. Robles, A. R. Bustos, A. Sanchez, B. Sanchiz, D. Soria, and Z. Szyndlar. 2001. Une faune tres diversifee du Pleistocene inferieur de la Sierra de Quibas (province de Murcia, Espagne). Comptes Rendus de L'Academie des Sciences Serie II Fasicule A - Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 332:387-393 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 34128: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.08.2003, edited by Gemma Benevento

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• fauna reflects the area around the cavity - rocky with brushwood areas, but some species indicate the presence of woods and humid areas. A dry palaeoclimatic regime, pehaps a little wetter and warmer than the present.
unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea -
Trochoidea murcica snail
Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) murcica
 Sorbeoconcha - Pomatiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Bythinella sp. Moquin-Tandon 1856 snail
 Heterostropha -
Jaminia quadridens snail
Jaminia (Jaminia) quadridens
 Stylommatophora - Testacellidae
Testacella aff. haliotidea slug
Testacella sp. aff. Testacella (Testacella) haliotidea
 Stylommatophora - Vitrinidae
Vitrina sp. Draparnaud 1801 slug
 Stylommatophora - Oxychilidae
Oxychilus mercadali slug
Oxychilus (Ortizius) mercadali
 Stylommatophora - Sphincterochilidae
Sphincterochila candidissima slug
Sphincterochila (Albea) candidissima
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
"Iberus gualtieranus" = Helix (Iberus)
"Iberus gualtieranus" = Helix (Iberus) slug
 Stylommatophora - Spiraxidae
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Rumina decollata Linnaeus 1758 slug
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Myriapoda
 Diplopoda -
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844 millipede
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix refossa porcupine
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys intermedius Priant 1953 dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Castillomys rivas Martín Suárez and Mein 1991 mouse
Castilomys rivas rivas
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus sp. Lilljeborg 1874 rabbit
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Neomys anomalus water shrew
Crocidura aff. suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew
Crocidura sp. aff. Crocidura suaveolens
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus aff. euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus sp. aff. Rhinolophus euryale
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Capra aff. alba goat
Capra sp. aff. Capra alba
cf. Praeovibos sp. Staudinger 1908 antelope
Ovibovini indet. cf. Praeovibos sp.
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx pardinus Temminck 1827 Iberian lynx
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise
 Serpentes -
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris, Natrix sp.
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris Schinz 1822 ladder snake
Elaphe sp. cf. Elaphe scalaris
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
Lacerta lepida Daudin 1802 Jewelled lizard
Psammodromus algirus Linneaus 1758 Algerian psammodromus
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Blanus sp. Wagler 1830 worm lizard
 Squamata - Agamidae
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates
IPHES QB-06-EC-H/1, one right maxilla; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/2, one left dentary; IPHES QB06-EC-H/3, one right dentary; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/4 and 5, two fragments of dentaries; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/6, one trunk vertebra; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/7, one anterior caudal vertebra; IPHES QB-06-EC-H/8-10, three posterior caudal vertebrae
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Gypaetus barbatus Linnaeus 1758 bearded vulture
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris, Carduelis carduelis
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus 1758 European goldfinch
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
"Saxicola torquata" = Saxicola torquatus Linnaeus 1766 African stonechat
Oenanthe hispanica Linnaeus 1758 black-eared wheatear
Phoenicurus ochruros Gmelin 1774 black redstart
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
"Delichon urbica" = Delichon urbicum
"Delichon urbica" = Delichon urbicum Linnaeus 1758 common house-martin
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus pratensis Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit
 Passeriformes - Paridae
Parus major Linnaeus 1758 great tit
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 common cuckoo
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl
Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 tawny owl
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Geronticus eremita Linnaeus 1758 northern bald ibis
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail