Liko Cave, bed A (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 192950: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein 1953 white-toothed shrew