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 | |
"Cuon primaevus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Cuon primaevus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale |