El Castillo (Pleistocene of Spain)
Where: Santander, Spain (43.3° N, 4.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 4.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. R. Stewart. 2002. Sea-birds from coastal and non-coastal, archaeological and “natural” Pleistocene deposits or not all unexpected deposition is of human origin. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 45:167-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 125320: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Physeter catodon" = Physeter macrocephalus
"Physeter catodon" = Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale | |
Aves | |
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover | |
Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 dovekie | |
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763 Arctic tern | |
Branta leucopsis Bechstein 1803 barnacle goose
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Melanitta perpicillata scoter
Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 common scoter
Tadorna tadorna Linnaeus 1758 Common shelduck |