Combe Grenal, layers 56 to 60, excavations by F. Bordes (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Aquitaine Region, France (44.8° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene, Riss III

Environment/lithology: cave

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: E. Donard. 1981. "Oryctolagus cuniculus" dans quelques gisements quaternaires francais. Quaternaria 23:145-157 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36758: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 13.02.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
O. cuniculus grenalensis
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes cf. punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad