Mealhada (Pleistocene of Portugal)
Where: Aveiro, Portugal (40.4° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 8.4° W)
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified lithology not reported
• The sediments and the fauna of this river terrace wasinitially correlated with the Riss-Würm interglacial (Antunes, 1986)and later with a Riss interstadial (Antunes et al., 1988; Cunha-Ribeiro, 1999).
Size class: macrofossils
• Tarsal bone
Primary reference: J. Serangeli, T. V. Kolfschoten, B. M. Starkovichm and I. Verheijen. 2015. The European saber-toothed cat (Homotherium latidens) found in the "Spear Horizon" at Schöningen (Germany). 89:172-180 [M. Uhen/J. So]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189830: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 18.11.2017
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Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat | |