Moleta Cave, O100-150 (Holocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (39.8° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 6000-9000 YBP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Seguí, C. Mourer-Chauviré, and J. A. Alcover. 1997. Upper Pleistocene and Holocene fossil avifauna from Moleta cave (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 40:223-252 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax graculus
Pyrrhocorax sp. Tunstall 1771 chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Passeriformes - Passeridae
Montifringilla nivalis
Montifringilla nivalis Linnaeus 1766 white-winged snowfinch
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Loxia curvirostra
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758 red crossbill
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus sp.
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
 Passeriformes - Laniidae
Lanius sp.
Lanius sp. Linnaeus 1758 shrike
Lanius cf. excubitor/minor
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus sp.
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling
 Passeriformes - Phylloscopidae
Phylloscopus sp.
Phylloscopus sp. Boie 1826 leaf warbler
 Passeriformes - Sylviidae
Sylvia sp.
Sylvia sp. Scopoli 1769 perching bird
Sylvia cf. melanocephala/curruca
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Motacillidae indet., Anthus pratensis
Motacillidae indet. Horsfield 1821 perching bird
Anthus pratensis Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe oenanthe, Phoenicurus ochruros, Erithacus rubecula
Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 northern wheatear
Phoenicurus ochruros Gmelin 1774 black redstart
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Piciformes - Picidae
Jynx torquilla
Jynx torquilla Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wryneck
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta cf. bernicla
Branta cf. bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant
Branta/Anser in text, but B. cf. bernicla in table
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alectoris cf. rufa
Alectoris cf. rufa Linnaeus 1758 red-legged partridge