Liko Cave, bed a (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)

• bed Liko a

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92902: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.12.2009, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Gyps fulvus5 Hablizl 1783 Eurasian griffon
Buteo buteo5 Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard
Accipiter gentilis5 Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco peregrinus5 Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Falco subbuteo5 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian hobby
Falco eleonorae5 Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon
Falco tinnunculus5 Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe cf. hispanica5 Linnaeus 1758 black-eared wheatear
cf. Erithacus rubecula5 Linnaeus 1758 European robin
cf. Muscicapa striata5 Pallas 1764 spotted flycatcher
 Passeriformes - Prunellidae
Prunella collaris5 Scopoli 1769 alpine accentor
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Meridiocichla salotti2 Louchart 2004 thrush
Turdus "sp. 1"5 Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 2"5 Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus cf. iliacus5 Linnaeus 1758 redwing
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
cf. Pyrrhula pyrrhula5 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian bullfinch
Fringilla sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 finch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes5 Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris5 Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza "sp. 2"5 Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus monedula5 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax5 Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus5 Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Garrulus glandarius5 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus cf. apus5 Linnaeus 1758 common swift
Apus melba5 Linnaeus 1758 alpine swift
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Aegolius funereus5 Linnaeus 1758 boreal owl
Athene cretensis5 Weesie 1982 true owl
Otus scops5 Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba5 Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 dove
C. livia/oenas
Columba oenas5 Linnaeus 1758 stock dove
Columba palumbus5 Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax rusticola5 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock
 Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Glareola sp.5 Brisson 1760 shorebird
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata4 Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
cretensis; AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys rivulata4 Valenciennes 1833 Western Caspian turtle
AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutrogale cretensis Symeonides and Sondaar 1975 otter
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Candiacervus cretensis1 Simonelli 1907 deer
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus3 Bate 1942 house mouse
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.3 Blumenbach 1779 bat