Grotte de l'Observatoire, Foyer F: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Monaco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cuon alpinus
(Pallas 1811)
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| ssp. europaea | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros mercki
Kaup 1841
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= Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
Falconer 1868
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Lacombat 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Monaco |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 7.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 7.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 98.8 m above sea level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Musée d'Anthropologie préhistorique de Monaco | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 191724 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-02-10 16:20:51 | Last modified: | 2018-02-10 16:20:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-02-10 16:20:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64663. | M. Boule and L. De Villeneuve. 1927. La grotte de l'Observatoire à Monaco. Archives de l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine Mémoire 1:1-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 64662 | F. Lacombat. 2005. Les rhinocéros fossiles des sites préhistoriques de l’Europe méditerranéenne et du Massif Central: paléontologie et implications biochronologiques. BAR International Series 1419:1-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |