Moleta Cave, X200-300 (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (39.8° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• +/-15000 YBP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Seguí, C. Mourer-Chauviré, and J. A. Alcover. 1997. Upper Pleistocene and Holocene fossil avifauna from Moleta cave (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 40:223-252 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194941: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Passeriformes - Laniidae
Lanius sp. Linnaeus 1758 shrike
Lanius cf. excubitor/minor
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Fringilla sp. Linnaeus 1758 finch
Fringilla cf. coelebs/montifringilla
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Muscicapidae indet. Fleming 1822 flycatcher
cf. Saxicola rubetra/Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Ficedula hypoleuca Pallas 1764 European pied flycatcher
 Passeriformes - Passeridae
Passer sp. Brisson 1760 sparrow
Passer cf. domesticus/hispaniolensis
Petronia petronia Linnaeus 1766 rock petronia
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus iliacus Linnaeus 1758 redwing
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Tadorna sp. Boie 1822 shelduck
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove
Columba cf. livia/oenas