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Kharoumes III, Sitia, Lasithi, Crete, Greece

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.1475,26.2767
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Given LocationCrete, Greece
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Sitia, Lasithi, Crete, Greece

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Kharoumes AMayhew D. F. (1977)not reported2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Kharoumes IIIMayhew D. F. (1977)not reported2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Kharoumes IVMayhew D. F. (1977)not reported2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Kharoumes VKuss S. E. (1970)not reported2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Chiroptera
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Crocidura sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Crocidura2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Elephas : Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Kritimys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Kritimys2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Kritimys catreus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Kritimys : Kritimys catreus2.588 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Kuss S. E. (1970) Abfolge und Alter der Pleistozänen Säugetierfaunen der Insel Kreta, Ber Nat forsch Ges Freiburgi Br 60, 35-83
Mayhew D. F. (1977) The endemic Pleistocene murids of Crete I-II, Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80 3, 182-214
Athanassiou A., van der Geer A. A. E., et al (2019) Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update, Quaternary Science Reviews 218, 306-321 doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.028
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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