Where: Algarve, Portugal (37.2° N, 8.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 8.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Lower Middle Pleistocene, Biharian. Humid, swampy, riparian environment rich in plant life and a nearby forest. Warm climate.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. T. Antunes, A. Azzaroli, M. Faura, C. Guerin, and P. Mein. 1986. Mammiferes pleistocenes de Algoz, en Algarve: une revision. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 8:73-86 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40809: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Algae | |
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Angiospermae | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
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Angiospermae | |
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Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo Hippopotamus amphibius major. 1 femoral head, 1 distal tibia, 1 calcaneum, 1 astagalus, 1 navicular, 1 cuboid fragment, 1 fouth metatarsal, 2 phalanges. Probably all from one individual.
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Eucladoceros cf. dicranios deer 1 subadult male - most bones unfused, antler fragments present. Cervus elephas race canadensis.
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer 1 mandible fragment, 1 incomplete deciduous molar, 1 partial radius, 1 fragment of 'omoplate'.
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