Liko Cave, bed V (Pleistocene of Greece)
Where: Crete, Greece (35.4° N, 24.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 24.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. D. M. Weesie. 1988. The Quaternary avifauna of Crete, Greece. Palaeovertebrata 18:1-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 192949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter nisus, Haliaeetus albicilla, Aquila chrysaetos, Aegypius monachus, Buteo buteo
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk
Haliaeetus albicilla Linnaeus 1758 white-tailed eagle
Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 cinereous vulture
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl | |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw | |
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling | |
Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch
Fringilla sp. Linnaeus 1758 finch
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch | |
Turdus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
cf. Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
Monticola cf. solitarius Linnaeus 1758 blue rock-thrush | |
Apus cf. apus Linnaeus 1758 common swift | |
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
Falco eleonorae Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon | |
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot |