Where: Alpes Maritimes, France (43.8° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: 1 Member, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Predates Jaramillo event. ESR dated to 1.40-1.37 Ma.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: This level was formed in a warmer and more humid climate than today.
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 50522: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 17.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech | |
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut | |
Celtis australis Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash
Phillyrea sp. Linnaeus 1753 |