A NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL SITE FROM THE END OF THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE IN THE LOT: THE AVEN OF ASSIER

We report the discovery of a karstic site, as a sink, yielding a diversified and well preserved fossil fauna. The morphometric study allows identifying: Equus mosbachensis, Bison priscus ssp., Canis lupus lunellensis, Vulpes vulpes, Oryctolagus cunniculus grenalensis. This association which has a natural origin (pit-fall) is dated of the end of the Middle Pleistocene. The site constitutes a new marker in the fossil record of the Quercy region for this time period.