Gerani IV Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Mus minotaurus
Bate 1942
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Mayhew 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Candiacervus sp.
Kuss 1975
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de Vos 1996 | |||||||||
| size II | ||||||||||
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Candiacervus listeri
van der Geer 2018
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van der Geer 2018 | |||||||||
| RGM 438498 (Gerani 4, right shed antler fragment) | ||||||||||
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Candiacervus ropalophorus n. sp.
de Vos 1979
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van der Geer 2018 | |||||||||
| RGM 437170 (Gerani 4, beam fragment), RGM 437171 (Gerani 4, beam fragment), RGM 437176 (Gerani 4, beam fragment), RGM 438780 (Gerani 4, distal part), RGM 438788 (Gerani 4, distal part), RGM Ge4-3520 (Gerani 4, middle part). | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo marginata
Schoepff 1792
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Bachmayer et al. 1975 | |||||||||
| cretensis n. ssp. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys sp.
Gray 1870
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Vlachos 2015 | |||||||||
| AMPG material; could be recent material | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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cf. Elaphe situla
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Gypaetus barbatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Weesie 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Scolopax rusticola
Linnaeus 1758
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Weesie 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Pyrrhocorax graculus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Weesie 1988 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Corvus monedula
Linnaeus 1758
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Weesie 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Crete |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 24.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 24.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gerani | ||
| Database number: | 182810 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos, M. Clapham | Enterer: | E. Vlachos, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2016-11-25 08:11:30 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 13:39:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-25 08:11:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69932. | S. E. Kuss. 1970. Abfolge und Alter der Pleistozänen Säugetierfaunen der Insel Kreta. Ber Nat forsch Ges Freiburgi Br 60:35-83 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 60958 | F. Bachmayer, J. Brinkerink, and N. Symeonidis. 1975. Pleistozäne Schildkröten aus Höhlen der Insel Kreta. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helleniques 27:110-122 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen] | |
| 70057 | J. de Vos. 1996. Taxonomy, ancestry and speciation of the endemic Pleistocene deer of Crete compared with the taxoomy ancestry and speciation of Darwin’s finches. Monographs in World Archaeology 28:111-124 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69931 | D. F. Mayhew. 1977. The endemic Pleistocene murids of Crete I-II. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80(3):182-214 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69920 | A. A. E. van der Geer. 2018. Uniformity in variety: Antler morphology and evolution in a predator-free environment. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(1.9A):1-31 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 65163 | E. Vlachos. 2015. The Fossil Chelonians of Greece. Systematics - Evolution - Stratigraphy - Palaeoecology. Scientific Annals of the School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 173:1-479 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 65475 | P. D. M. Weesie. 1988. The Quaternary avifauna of Crete, Greece. Palaeovertebrata 18:1-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |