Bate Cave (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.4° N, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 24.4° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; red sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Kotsakis. 1977. I resti di Anfibi e Rettili pleistocenici della grotta 'Bate' (Rethymnon, Creta). Rendicoti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 6:571-582 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183122: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
cretensis
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. erhardii
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber cf. gemonensis, cf. Elaphe situla4
cf. Elaphe situla4 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura sp.5
Crocidura sp.5 Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Candiacervus sp.3, "Cervus (Leptocervus) dorothensis n. sp." = Candiacervus dorothensis1, "Cervus (Leptocervus) major n. sp." = Candiacervus major2
Candiacervus sp.3 Kuss 1975 deer
"Cervus (Leptocervus) dorothensis n. sp." = Candiacervus dorothensis1 Capasso Barbato 1992 deer
"Cervus (Leptocervus) major n. sp." = Candiacervus major2 Capasso Barbato and Petronio 1986 deer
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus5
Mus minotaurus5 Bate 1942 house mouse
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.5
Chiroptera indet.5 Blumenbach 1779 bat
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
1Capasso Barbato 1992; 2Capasso Barbato and Petronio 1986; 3de Vos 1996; 4Holman 1998; 5Kotsakis et al. 1976