Late Pleistocene palaeontological sites without human intervention are limited in the Cantabrian region, and even more so those with a good state of preservation and rich biodiversity. A new vertebrate fossiliferaus locality discovered at Kobate Quarry (Arrasate, northern Iberian Peninsula) is presented in this article. This site, in which remains of 40 different vertebrate taxa were accumulated, acted as a natural trap. The preliminary vertebrate faunallist includes five amphibian taxa, four reptiles, seven species of birds and 24 mammalian taxa. While small mammals are represented by 13 small mammal taxa (seven in the Order Rodentia, five in the Order Eulipotyphla, and one in the Order Chiraptera), the large mammal fauna comprises eleven species, including ungulates and carnivores. The palaeoecology inferred fram this faunal assemblage suggests the existence oflarge forested areas with sorne grassland and a watercourse nearby, within a notably warm and humid climate. These palaeoenviranmental conditions, combined with AMS and AAR results carried out in macrafaunal bone samples, suggest that the deposit fram Artazu VII would be located in the first half of the Late Pleistocene, in the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) Se.
RÉSUMÉLes gisements paléontologiques de la fin du Pléistocene sont limités dans la région Cantabrique, et encore plus limités sont les sites ayant fourni des restes osseux en bon état de conservation et montrant une grande biodiversité. Nous présentons ici un nouveau site trouvé dans la carrü:'>re de Kobate (Arrasate, Nord de la péninsule Ibérique
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