Qesem Cave Concentration 2 (Pleistocene of Israel)

Where: Israel (32.1° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 35.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected in 2001

Primary reference: K. Smith, L. Maul, F. Flemming, R. Barkai, and A. Gopher. 2015. The microvertebrates of Qesem Cave: A comparison of the two concentrations. Quaternary International 1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192425: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard
 Squamata - Scincidae
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
 Squamata - Boidae
cf. Eryx sp. Daudin 1803 true sand boa
 Squamata -
Colubroidea indet. Oppel 1811 snake
 Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus mehelyi horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
cf. Rousettus sp. Gray 1821 rousette
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Crocidura cf. leucodon Hermann 1780 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse
Spalax ehrenbergi blind mole
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetulus migratorius Pallas 1773 mouse
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus judaicus Tchernov 1968 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog