Grotte du Lazaret, Nice (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (43.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• "marine deposit B", 238-225 ka (ESR and U/Th age)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Zibrowius. 1995. The "southern" Astroides calycularis in the Pleistocene of the northern Mediterranean - an indicator of climatic changes (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Geobios 28(1):9-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84938: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.11.2008, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Astroides calycularis Pallas 1766 stony coral
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes cf. punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"Vipera cf. aspis" = Vipera (Vipera) aspis Linnaeus 1758 asp viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann 1804 Montpellier snake
Elaphe cf. longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Coronella cf. girondica Daudin 1803 southern smooth snake
"Elaphe cf. scalaris" = Rhinechis scalaris Schinz 1822 ladder snake
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake