Charkadio Cave, Tilos (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Dodecanese, Greece (36.4° N, 27.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 27.4° E)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: N. Symeonidis, F. Bachmayer, and H. Zapfe. 1973. Grabungen in der Zwergelefanten-Höhle „Charkadio” auf der Insel Tilos (Dodekanes, Griechenland). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 77:133-139 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182809: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 25.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Oxychilidae
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas tiliensis n. sp." = Palaeoloxodon tiliensis2
"Elephas tiliensis n. sp." = Palaeoloxodon tiliensis2 Theodorou et al. 2007 elephant
Numerous specimens from the entire skeleton
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat
Plecotus austriacus Fischer 1829 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus blasii Peters 1867 horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Dama dama2 Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes foina Erxleben 1777 marten
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 Greater white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata1 Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
Aves
  -
Aves indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus merula Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird
Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Scaridae
Scarus sp. Gronovius 1763