Where: Ioannina, Greece (39.3° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 20.7° E)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Four trenches (A to D) have been excavated.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collected by E. S. Higgs and S. I. Dakaris in 1964-1966
Primary reference: G. N. Bailey, P. L. Carter, C. S. Gamble and H. P. Higgs. 1983. Asprochaliko and Kastritsa: Further Investigations of Palaeolithic Settlement and Economy in Epirus (North-West Greece). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 49:15-42 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208564: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Reptilia | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten | |
Felis sylvestris, "Felis spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea
Felis sylvestris cat
"Felis spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion | |
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 chamois | |
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus hydruntinus horse | |
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros |