Aven de Vergranne (Pleistocene of France)

Also known as Vergranne

Where: Franche-Compte Region, France (47.4° N, 6.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 6.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene (Mindel)

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Vandermeersch and A. M. Tillier. 1983. La dent humaine de Vergranne. Annales Scientifiques de l'Universite de Besancon, Geologie. 5:27-29 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36016: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 13.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Probably incomplete
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
probably the species or subspecies neandertalensis