Curata Cave, Late Mousterian layers (Pleistocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (45.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Mousterian age demonstrated by stone tools

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C.S. Nicolaescu-Plopsor in 1955-1956

Primary reference: E. Gál. 2003. Bird remains from Curata and Bordu Mare caves (Romania). Archaeofauna 12:183-192 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 197947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas cf. clypeata" = Spatula clypeata
"Anas cf. clypeata" = Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 tawny owl
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus albicilla Linnaeus 1758 white-tailed eagle
Circus macrourus Gmelin 1770 Pallid harrier