Also known as Iraq e Zigan, Rock of the Ravens, Kir 'Orvim
Where: Israel (32.8° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 35.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• estimated age of 14.5 B.P.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Housed at department of zoology, Hebrew university of Jerusalem
Primary reference: J. Heller. 1978. The faunal remains of Iraq e Zigan, a Late Pleistocene site on Mt. Carmel. Israel Journal of Zoology 27(1):11-19 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 225667: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 24.05.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Levantina caesareana, Xeropicta vestalis, Bulimics labrosus, Sphinchterochila cariosa, Chameleon chamaeleon
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"Cardita sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
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"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule, "Cardium glaucum" = Cerastoderma glaucum
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Rattus rattus, Mus musculus, "Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Spalax ehrenbergi, Meriones tristrami, Apodemus mystacinus, Acomys cahirinus
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"Monacha syriaca" = Hygromia (Monacha)
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