Kudaro (Pleistocene of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (42.5° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 43.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Kharabadze. 1997. Fossil snake localities of the Caucasus. Bulletin of the Georgian Academy of Sciences 156(1):151-154 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56735: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 23.11.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Vormela peregusna1 Güldenstädt 1770 marbled polecat
Meles meles1 Linnaeus 1758 European badger
Mustela nivalis1 Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
new subspecies kudarensis
Martes martes1 Linnaeus 1758 European pine marten
Martes foina1 Erxleben 1777 marten
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cuon alpinus2 Pallas 1811 dhole
subsp. caucasicus
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake