PBDB Collection

Tabun Cave Level E (Pleistocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (32.7° N, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 35.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 39252: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Rhinoceras cf. hemitoechus Rhinoceras cf. hemitoechus
Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionyx sp. Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus sp. Rhinolophus sp. Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis cf. baranensis Myotis cf. baranensis Kormos 1934 vesper bat
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia cf. syriaca Procavia cf. syriaca Cape hyrax
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Elephas sp. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis cf. lupaster, Vulpes vinetorum Canis cf. lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832 African wolf Vulpes vinetorum fox
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaena prisca Hyaena prisca De Serres 1828 hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera cf. pardus Panthera cf. pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus, Equus caballus "Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Sus gadarensis Sus gadarensis pig
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Dama mesopotamica, Capreolus capreolus Dama mesopotamica Brooke 1875 Persian fallow deer Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella sp., Alcelaphus sp., Capra sp., Bos sp. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Crocidura samaritana, Crocidura katinka Crocidura samaritana white-toothed shrew listed in text as C. xanthippe but changed in errata Crocidura katinka white-toothed shrew
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix sp. Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetinae sp., Ellobius pedorychus, Microtus mccowni, Microtus machintoni, Microtus cf. guentheri Cricetinae sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse Ellobius pedorychus mole-vole Microtus mccowni vole Microtus machintoni vole Microtus cf. guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
Rodentia - Muridae	Spalax sp., Gerbillinae sp., Murinae indet. Spalax sp. Güldenstadt 1770 blind mole Gerbillinae sp. Gray 1825 gerbil Murinae indet. mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	"Philistomys roachi" = Myomimus "Philistomys roachi" = Myomimus dormouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus sp. Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel