Tabun Cave Level E: Pleistocene, Israel

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhinoceras cf. hemitoechus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Philistomys roachi
synonym of Myomimus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Murinae indet.
Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770
Gerbillinae sp. (Gray 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetinae sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Ellobius pedorychus
Microtus mccowni
Microtus machintoni
Microtus cf. guentheri (Danford and Alston 1880)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura samaritana
listed in text as C. xanthippe but changed in errata
Crocidura katinka
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. baranensis Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hemionus Pallas 1775
recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus gadarensis
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Dama mesopotamica Brooke 1875
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena prisca De Serres 1828
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832
Vulpes vinetorum
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia cf. syriaca
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Israel
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 35.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 35.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Tabun Local bed:Level E
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:39252
Authorizer:W. Clyde Enterer:W. Clyde
Modifier:W. Clyde
Created:2004-05-24 18:32:26 Last modified:2004-05-24 21:32:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-24 18:32:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10604. D. A. E. Garrod and D. M. A. Bate. 1937. The Stone Age of Mount Carmel, Vol. 1. Oxford University Press [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/W. Clyde]