Carbonate precipitation, U-series dating and Uisotopic variations in a Holocene travertine platform at Bad Langensalza - Thuringia Basin, Germany

A fossil remain of porcupine, a large-sized rodent hitherto unknown in Portugal, was identified during the 2010-13 excavation Last Interglacial deposit Figueira Brava cave. The specimen is left hemimandible retaining PM/4 to M/2 series but lacking incisor and M/3. Based on analysis its morphological odontometric features, we assign Hystrix cristata (Linnaeus, 1758). Nowadays, H. found Africa as well as, recently introduced, Italy. Most Late Pleistocene occurrences genus are assigned species (Acanthion) vinogradovi but, demonstrated by discovered Brava, once existed Europe.