Tabun Cave Level E: Pleistocene, Israel
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Rhinoceras cf. hemitoechus
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia cf. syriaca
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis cf. baranensis
Kormos 1934
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus sp.
Lacépède 1799
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus hemionus
Pallas 1775
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recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Dama mesopotamica
Brooke 1875
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Alcelaphus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Capra sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus gadarensis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera cf. pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena prisca
De Serres 1828
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vinetorum
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Canis cf. lupaster
Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura samaritana
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listed in text as C. xanthippe but changed in errata | ||||||||||
Crocidura katinka
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Philistomys roachi
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synonym of Myomimus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus mccowni
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Microtus machintoni
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Microtus cf. guentheri
(Danford and Alston 1880)
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Ellobius pedorychus
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Cricetinae sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Gerbillinae sp.
(Gray 1825)
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Murinae indet.
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Spalax sp.
Güldenstadt 1770
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Israel |
Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 35.1° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 35.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
Local section: | Tabun | Local bed: | Level E |
Local order: | top to bottom | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 39252 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Clyde | Enterer: | W. Clyde |
Modifier: | W. Clyde | ||
Created: | 2004-05-24 18:32:26 | Last modified: | 2004-05-24 21:32:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-24 18:32:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10604. | D. A. E. Garrod and D. M. A. Bate. 1937. The Stone Age of Mount Carmel, Vol. 1. Oxford University Press [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/W. Clyde] |