Vraona Cave (Holocene of Greece)

Also known as Vravrona

Where: Attica, Greece (37.9° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 24.0° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. Rauscher. 1995. Die herpetofauna der Vraona-Hohle (Attika) in Griechenland. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helleniques 36:39-41 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183130: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.12.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana dalmatina Bonaparte 1839 frog
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.2 Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus1 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes1 Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys rivulata3 Valenciennes 1833 Western Caspian turtle
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Podarcis taurica Wall lizards
Podarcis muralis Laurenti 1768 Common wall lizard
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard
 Squamata - Scincidae
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus apodus Pallas 1775 Armored glass lizard