Liko Cave, bed d (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 192959: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
1 ssp. simurgh
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove
C. livia/oenas
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758 stock dove
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl
Aegolius funereus Linnaeus 1758 boreal owl
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana porzana Linnaeus 1766 spotted crake
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
cf. Calandrella brachydactyla Leisler 1814 greater short-toed lark
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 3" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Meridiocichla salotti Louchart 2004 thrush
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
cf. Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus cf. apus Linnaeus 1758 common swift
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
Falco eleonorae Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock