Gerani II cave (upper layer) (Holocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.4° N, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 24.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Together with domesticated animals and traces of human activities, placing age after 8000 BP

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 192961: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove
C. livia/oenas
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus puffinus Brunnich 1764 Manx shearwater
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Candiacervus listeri3 van der Geer 2018 deer
AMPG(V) 2143 (Gerani 2, right antler)
Candiacervus ropalophorus1 de Vos 1979 deer
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura zimmermanni2 Wettstein 1953 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus Bate 1942 house mouse