Also known as Huéscar 1, Huescar-1
Where: Granada, Spain (37.8° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 2.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• Lower/MIddle Pleistocene, Biharian, approx. 0.9Ma, but suggested by Garcia et al (1999) to be 0.7Ma.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Some material stored in the Museo de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Madrid.
Primary reference: M. T. Alberdi, L. Alcala, B. Azanza, E. Cerdeno, A.V. Mazo, J. Morales, and C. Sese. 1989. Consideraciones biostratigraficas sobre la fauna de Vertebrados fosiles de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Granada, Espana). In A.T. Alberdi and F.P. Bonadonna (eds.), Geologia y Paleontologia de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza. Trabajos sobre el Neogeno Cuaternario, Museo National de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid (11)347-355 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35078: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.10.2003