Liko Cave, bed a/b (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 192955: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco eleonorae Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Fringilla sp. Linnaeus 1758 finch
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus cf. iliacus Linnaeus 1758 redwing
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
cf. Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
Emberiza "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
cf. Emberiza calandra Linnaeus 1758 corn bunting
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove
C. livia/oenas
Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758 stock dove
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl