Cueva del Agua: Middle Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Chondrina farnesia
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Helix sp.
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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cf. Alytes sp.
Wagler 1829
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricinae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Neomys sp.
Kaup 1829
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Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx spelaea
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Capreolus sp.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Oryctolagus cf. cuniculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys quercinus
Linnaeus 1766
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Eliomys quercinus granatensis nov. ssp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Allocricetus bursae
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Allocricetus bursae cf. pyrenaicus | ||||||||||
Microtus brecciensis
(Forsyth Major 1905)
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Pitymys (Meridiopitymys) ex gr. duodecimcostatus
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synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
Pitymys (Meridiopitymys) grupo duodecimcostatus | ||||||||||
Arvicola cf. sapidus
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Pliomys lenki
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus cf. sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Granada |
Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 3.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 3.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Middle Pleistocene, similar to Arago. |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | karst indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 34842 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2003-10-07 07:40:41 | Last modified: | 2003-10-07 10:40:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-10-07 07:40:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9314. | PACED | N. L. Martinez and A. R. Bustos. 1977. Descubrimiento de dos yacimientos del Pleistoceno medio en el karst de la Sierra Alfaguara (Granada). Sintesis estratigraphica de este periodo en la region Betica. Estudios Geologicos 33:255-265 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |