Las Caldas (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (43.3° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 5.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• middle Magdalenian

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: M. S. Corchón-Rodriguez, A. Mateos, E. A. Fernández, E. Peñalver, X. Delclòs and J. Made. 2008. Ressources complémentaires et mobilité dans le Magdalénien cantabrique. Nouvelles données sur les mammifères marins, les crustacés, les mollusques et les roches organogènes de la Grotte de Las Caldas (Asturies, Espagne). L’anthropologie 112:284-327 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96706: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula diadema Linnaeus 1767 whale barnacle
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Halichoerus grypus Fabricius 1791 grey seal
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Globicephala melas Traill 1809 long-finned pilot whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale
subspecies catodon