Simonelli Cave (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.4° N, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 24.4° E)

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

Environment/lithology: cave; poorly lithified, red, sandy claystone

• Bone-bearing ferruginous clayey earth

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Mangili. 1980. Fossil reptiles of Simonelli Cave. Quaderno dei Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 249:121-122 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183124: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Uromastix spinipes
Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
"Sula bassana" = Morus bassanus1
"Sula bassana" = Morus bassanus1 Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons1
Anser albifrons1 Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
cf. Athene noctua1
cf. Athene noctua1 Scopoli 1769 little owl
indigena
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi1
Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi1 Kuss 1965 elephant
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus minotaurus2
Mus minotaurus2 Bate 1942 house mouse
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes foina1, Meles meles1
Martes foina1 Erxleben 1777 marten
cf. bunites
Meles meles1 Linnaeus 1758 European badger
arcalus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Praemegaceros cretensis1, Candiacervus cf. reumeri3, Candiacervus rethymnensis3
Candiacervus cf. reumeri3 van der Geer 2018 deer
AMPG(V) 490 (Simonelli 2, antler fragment), AMPG(V) 491 (Simonelli 2, left shed antler), AMPG(V) 492 (Simonelli 2, left shed antler); MPUR (Simonelli Cave, all deer material).
Candiacervus rethymnensis3 Kuss 1975 deer
1Malatesta 1980; 2Mayhew 1977; 3van der Geer 2018