Bate Cave: Pleistocene, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Colubridae
cf. Elaphe situla
Holman 1998
Coluber cf. gemonensis
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. erhardii
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792
cretensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus Bate 1942
Kotsakis et al. 1976
Mammalia - Cervidae
Candiacervus sp. Kuss 1975
de Vos 1996
Megaceros cretensis (Simonelli 1907)
Kotsakis et al. 1976
    = Cervus (Leptocervus) major n. sp. Capasso Barbato and Petronio 1986
Capasso Barbato and Petronio 1986
recombined as Candiacervus major
Cervus (Leptocervus) dorothensis n. sp. Capasso Barbato 1992
Capasso Barbato 1992
recombined as Candiacervus dorothensis
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Kotsakis et al. 1976
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Kotsakis et al. 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Crete
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 24.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 24.4° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:183122
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2016-12-05 06:53:40 Last modified:2016-12-05 06:53:40
Access level:the public Released:2016-12-05 06:53:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61121. T. Kotsakis. 1977. I resti di Anfibi e Rettili pleistocenici della grotta 'Bate' (Rethymnon, Creta). Rendicoti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 6:571-582 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

70056 L. Capasso Barbato. 1992. Nuova specie di cervide del pleistocene di Creta. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 1(7):183-220 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
70055 L. Capasso Barbato and C. Petronio. 1986. Cervus major n. sp. of Bate Cave (Rethymnon, Crete). Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 18(2):59-100 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
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]
69929 T. Kotsakis, J. Melentis, and G. Sirna. 1976. Seconda spedizione paleontologica Lincea nell'isola di Creta (1975). Rend Accad Naz Lincei 223:3-10 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]