Where: Peloponnesus, Greece (36.7° N, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 22.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, bone collector
Primary reference: K. Harvati, A. Darlas, S. E. Bailey, T. R. Rein, S. El Zaatari, L. Fiorenza, O. Kullmer and E. Psathi. 2013. New Neanderthal remains from Mani peninsula, Southern Greece: The Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic cave site. Journal of Human Evolution 64(6):486-499 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184245: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.02.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Bufotes viridis Laurenti 1768 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad | |
Reptilia | |
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard
Pseudopus cf. apodus Pallas 1775 European glass lizard
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm | |
Eryx jaculus true sand boa | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Colubridae indet., Coronella sp., Coronella cf. austriaca, Elaphe quatorlineata, cf. Telescopus sp., Malpolon sp., Malpolon insignitus, Malpolon monspessulanus, Natrix natrix, Hierophis gemonensis, Zamenis cf. situla, Zamenis longissima
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Coronella sp. Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Elaphe quatorlineata colubrid snake
cf. Telescopus sp. Waner 1830 tiger snake
Malpolon sp. Fitzinger 1826 colubrid snake
Malpolon insignitus colubrid snake
Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann 1804 Montpellier snake
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
Hierophis gemonensis colubrid snake
Zamenis cf. situla colubrid snake
Zamenis longissima colubrid snake | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
cf. Tarentola sp. Gray 1825 wall gecko | |
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
cf. Podarcis sp. Wagler 1830 Wall lizards
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
Ablepharus sp. Lichtenstein 1823 skink | |
Aves | |
"Eudromias morinellus" = Charadrius morinellus
"Eudromias morinellus" = Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian dotterel | |
Chlidonias sp. Rafinesque 1822 gull | |
Puffinus puffinus Brunnich 1764 Manx shearwater | |
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Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 tawny owl
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl | |
Apus apus Linnaeus 1758 common swift
Apus cf. pallidus Shelley 1870 pallid swift | |
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758 barn swallow | |
Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus 1758 yellowhammer | |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
cf. Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow | |
Turdus cf. philomelos Brehm 1831 song thrush | |
Certhia sp. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk | |
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 rock partridge
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail | |
Falco cf. vespertinus Linnaeus 1766 Red-footed falcon | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise | |
Mammalia | |
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant | |
Rhinolophus sp. Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat | |
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis blythii vesper bat | |
Homo neanderthalensis King 1864 Neanderthal | |
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian red squirrel | |
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse | |
Chionomys nivalis Martins 1842 vole
Microtus thomasi vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
Cricetulus migratorius Pallas 1773 mouse | |
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 European hare | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Crocidura suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew | |
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear | |
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten | |
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx | |
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros |