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

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