Tabun Cave Level C & D: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Israel

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhinoceras cf. hemitoechus
Reptilia
Crocodilus sp. (Laurenti 1768)
original and current combination Crocodylus
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. baranensis Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia cf. syriaca
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus mediterraneus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832
Vulpes vinetorum
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
recombined as Crocuta crocuta
Hyaena prisca De Serres 1828
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hydruntinus
Equus hemionus Pallas 1775
recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus gadarensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Payne and Garrard 1983
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Dama mesopotamica Brooke 1875
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura samaritana
listed in text as C. xanthippe but changed in errata
Crocidura katinka
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sharonis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetinae sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Ellobius pedorychus
Microtus machintoni
Microtus cf. guentheri (Danford and Alston 1880)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Gerbillinae sp. (Gray 1825)
Murinae indet.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Philistomys roachi
synonym of Myomimus
see common names

Geography
Country:Israel State/province:Mount Carmel
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 35.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 35.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Quaternary *Epoch:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Tabun Local bed:Level C & D
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: lower mousterian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:11803
Authorizer:W. Clyde Enterer:J. Finarelli, W. Clyde
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-09-10 13:20:30 Last modified:2022-08-24 04:52:34
Access level:the public Released:2001-09-10 13:20:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10604. 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]

Secondary references:

82467 D. M. A. Bate. 1933. Two additions to the Pleistocene Cave-fauna of Palestine (Trionyx and Crocodilus). Annals of Natural History 8(48):474-478 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
42005% 26380S. Payne and A. Garrard. 1983. Camelus from the Upper Pleistocene of Mount Carmel, Isreal. Journal of Archaeological Science 10(3):243-247 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde]