Tabun Cave Level C & D (Pleistocene of Israel)

Where: Mount Carmel, Israel (32.7° N, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 35.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• lower mousterian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 11803: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 10.09.2001, edited by Will Clyde

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodilus sp." = Crocodylus
"Crocodilus sp." = Crocodylus Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. baranensis Kormos 1934 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena prisca, "Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta
Hyaena prisca De Serres 1828 hyaena
"Hyaena crocuta" = Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Ursidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupaster Hemprich and Eherenberg 1832 African wolf
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus hemionus" = Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 onager
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama mesopotamica Brooke 1875 Persian fallow deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura samaritana white-toothed shrew
listed in text as C. xanthippe but changed in errata
Crocidura katinka white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Gerbillinae sp. Gray 1825 gerbil
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetinae sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Microtus cf. guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 Günther's vole
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Philistomys roachi" = Myomimus
"Philistomys roachi" = Myomimus dormouse