Isturitz (Pleistocene of France)

Where: France (43.4° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• upper Paleolithic

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: J.-M. Petillon. 2008. First evidence of a whale-bone industry in the western European Upper Paleolithic: Magdalenian artifacts from Isturitz (Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France). Journal of Human Evolution 54:720-726 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86271: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2009, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Cuon primaevus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Cuon primaevus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale