Koumpes Cave II: Pleistocene, Greece
collected by Kuss 1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi
(Kuss 1965)
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Athanassiou et al. 2019 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Candiacervus rethymnensis
Kuss 1975
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Kuss 1975 | ||||||
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Candiacervus listeri
van der Geer 2018
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van der Geer 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Mus minotaurus
Bate 1942
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Kuss and Misonne 1968 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Crete |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 24.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 24.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMPG | ||
| Collectors: | Kuss | Collection dates: | 1970 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gumbes Cave II, Grida Avlaki | ||
| Database number: | 204040 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-08-29 13:15:28 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 13:47:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-29 13:15:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69932. | S. E. Kuss. 1970. Abfolge und Alter der Pleistozänen Säugetierfaunen der Insel Kreta. Ber Nat forsch Ges Freiburgi Br 60:35-83 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 69360 | A. Athanassiou, A. A. E. van der Geer, and G. A. Lyras. 2019. Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update. Quaternary Science Reviews 218:306-321 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69904 | S. E. Kuss. 1975. Die pleistozänen Hirsche der ostmediterranen Inseln Kreta, Kasos, Karpatos und Rhodos (Griechenland). Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 65(1-2):25-79 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 70069 | S. E. Kuss and X. Misonne. 1968. Pleistozäne Muriden der Insel Kreta. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 132(1):55-69 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69920 | A. A. E. van der Geer. 2018. Uniformity in variety: Antler morphology and evolution in a predator-free environment. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(1.9A):1-31 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |