Liko Cave, bed a: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
Gyps fulvus (Hablizl 1783)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Buteo buteo (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 33 specimens
C. livia/oenas
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 5 specimens
Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 6 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Weesie 1988 10 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cretensis Weesie 1982
Weesie 1988 619 specimens
Otus scops (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 6 specimens
Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 9 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 4 specimens
Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus 1766)
Weesie 1988 7 specimens
Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 16 specimens
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 5 specimens
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 16 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 3 specimens
Fringilla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
cf. Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
recombined as Chloris chloris
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Prunellidae
Prunella collaris (Scopoli 1769)
Weesie 1988 5 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 13 specimens
Turdus informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 7 specimens
Turdus cf. iliacus Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
cf. Zoothera dauma (Latham 1790)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
    = Meridiocichla salotti Louchart 2004
Louchart 2004
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe cf. hispanica (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 5 specimens
cf. Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 2 specimens
cf. Muscicapa striata (Pallas 1764)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus cf. apus (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Apus melba (Linnaeus 1758)
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 5 specimens
Falco eleonorae Gené 1839
Weesie 1988 7 specimens
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758
Weesie 1988 7 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Glareola sp. Brisson 1760
Weesie 1988 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792
Vlachos 2015
cretensis; AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys rivulata Valenciennes 1833
Vlachos 2015
AMPG material, formerly in Utrecht University
Mammalia - Cervidae
Candiacervus cretensis (Simonelli 1907)
de Vos 1996
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutrogale cretensis (Symeonides and Sondaar 1975)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus Bate 1942
Mayhew 1977
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mayhew 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Crete
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 24.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 24.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy comments: bed Liko a
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:92902
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-12-04 07:17:51 Last modified:2018-04-22 22:53:37
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-04 07:17:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31346. G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]
65604 A. Louchart. 2004. An extinct large thrush (Aves: Turdidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mediterranean Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 233:275-296 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]