Island fossil ungulates (Pleistocene to of Greece)
Where: Crete, Greece (35.2° N, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 24.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Raia and S. Meiri. 2006. The Island Rule in Large Mammals: Paleontology Meets Ecology. Evolution 60(8):1731-1742 [M. Uhen/L. White]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94325: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Lauren White on 16.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Mammuthus creticus, "Elephas creutzburgi" = Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi
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"Cervus rethymnensis" = Candiacervus rethymnensis, "Cervus major" = Candiacervus major, Cervus dorothoensis, Praemegaceros cretensis, Praemegaceros ropalophorus
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