Qesem Cave Concentration 2 (Pleistocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (32.1° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 35.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected in 2001

Primary reference: K. Smith, L. Maul, F. Flemming, R. Barkai, and A. Gopher. 2015. The microvertebrates of Qesem Cave: A comparison of the two concentrations. Quaternary International 1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192425: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Stellagama stellio, Rodentia indet.
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Squamata -
Squamata indet., Colubroidea indet.
Squamata indet. squamates
Colubroidea indet. Oppel 1811 snake
 Squamata - Boidae
cf. Eryx sp.
cf. Eryx sp. Daudin 1803 true sand boa
 Squamata - Scincidae
Scincidae indet.
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp.
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard
 Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo chamaeleon
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet.
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo graeca
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
cf. Rousettus sp.
cf. Rousettus sp. Gray 1821 rousette
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rhinolophus mehelyi horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus cf. schreibersii
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet., Crocidura cf. leucodon
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Crocidura cf. leucodon Hermann 1780 white-toothed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. capensis
Lepus cf. capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetulus migratorius, Microtus guentheri
Cricetulus migratorius Pallas 1773 mouse
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax ehrenbergi, Meriones cf. tristrami, Gerbillus cf. dasyurus, Rattus cf. haasi, Mus musculus, Apodemus flavicollis
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus judaicus
Myomimus judaicus Tchernov 1968 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus cf. anomalus