Koumpes Cave I: Pleistocene, Greece
collected by Kuss 1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo marginata
Schoepff 1792
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| cretensis; AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys rivulata
Valenciennes 1833
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Brinkerink 1996 | |||||||||
| AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMPG | ||
| Collectors: | Kuss | Collection dates: | 1970 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gumbes Cave | ||
| Database number: | 192441 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-04-06 12:45:05 | Last modified: | 2018-04-06 12:45:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-06 12:45:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 69330 | H. P. Brinkerink. 1996. Tortoises and turtles from the Pleistocene of CreteTortoises and turtles from the Pleistocene of Crete. In D. Reese (ed.), Pleistocene and Holocene Fauna of Crete and Its First Settlers, Monographs in World Archaeology 28:207-209 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |