Foz do Enxarrique: Quaternary, Portugal
collected 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal State/province:Castelo Branca
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 7.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 7.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:290 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Quaternary
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: contemporary with Paleolithic excavations nearby but from a distinct location. Concretionary bed is covered by 6 m of Pleistocene silts and sands. U-series date = 33,000 ± 500 BP.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary calcareous not reported
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:all
Disassociated minor elements:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1985
Metadata
Database number:34510
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-09-04 07:49:56 Last modified:2010-11-08 12:42:55
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-04 07:49:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9108.5% 5100M. T. Antunes and J. L. Cardoso. 1992. Quaternary elephants in Portugal: new data. Ciências de Terra 11:17-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]