Also known as Cast.3 CG, Cavite numero 3 de Castiglione, Oletta

Where: Corse, France (42.7° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• the fossiliferous deposit is located from 39m to 33m below ground level, at the intersection between 2 narrow, perpendicular fissures.

•Th/U method gives an age of 157,000 y (+22,200/-17,300)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; unlithified, argillaceous, sandy conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: sampling of a surface which is 4 m high and 2.5 m wide.

Primary reference: M. Salotti, S. Bailon, M.-F. Bonifay, J.-Y. Courtois, J.-N. Dubois, J. Ferrandini, J.-C. La Milza, C. Mourer-Chauvire, J.-B. Popelard, Y. Quinif, A.-M. Real-Testud, C. Miniconi, E. Pereira and C. Persiani. 1997. Castiglione 3, un nouveau remplissage fosilifere d'age Pleistocene moyen dans le karst de la region d'Oletta (Haute-Corse). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie IIa 324:67-74 [E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69062: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 16.02.2007, edited by Mark Uhen

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