Where: Spain (36.1° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 5.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; sandy gravel
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: C. B. Stringer, J. C. Finlayson, R. N. E. Barton, Y. Fernandez-Jalvo, I. Caceres, R. C. Sabin, E. J. Rhodes, A. P. Currant, J. Rodriguez-Vidal, F. Giles-Pacheco, and J. A. Riquelme-Cantal. 2008. Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(38):14319-14324 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 90036: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 mussel | |
Mammalia | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin | |
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis sylvestris cat | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Monachus monachus Hermann 1779 Mediterranean monk seal | |
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear | |
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
Actinopteri | |
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