Gorham Cave (Pleistocene of Gibraltar)

Also known as Gorham's Cave

Where: Gibraltar (36.1° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• At Gorham’s, the specimen’s context was an undisturbed unit containing stone tools characteristic of Neanderthal Man. Although neither age determination is precise, they place the Azure-winged Magpie remains well within the last glacial period.

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: 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 90037: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.07.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alle alle3 Linnaeus 1758 dovekie
Pinguinus impennis2 Linnaeus 1758 Great auk
Fratercula arctica4 Linnaeus 1758 Atlantic puffin
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Cyanopica cooki1 Bonaparte 1850 Iberian magpie
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus puffinus4 Brunnich 1764 Manx shearwater
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax aristotelis4 Linnaeus 1761 European shag
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
fish