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Bate Cave, Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Lat/Long (Decimal)	35.365,24.4169
Co-ordinates Derivation	not explained
Given Location	Crete, Greece
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Bate Cave	Kotsakis T. (1977)			sandstone	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Candiacervus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : *Candiacervus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Candiacervus dorothensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Candiacervus : *Candiacervus dorothensis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Candiacervus major species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Candiacervus : *Candiacervus major*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Chiroptera order	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Crocidura sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : *Crocidura*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mus minotaurus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Mus : *Mus minotaurus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Bufo viridis species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Bufo : *Bufo viridis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Coluber sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Coluber*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Elaphe sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Elaphe*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Lacerta sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertidae : *Lacerta*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Testudo marginata species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Testudo : *Testudo marginata*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

References

Kotsakis T., Melentis J., et al (1976) Seconda spedizione paleontologica Lincea nell'isola di Creta (1975), Rend Accad Naz Lincei 223, 3-10

Kotsakis T. (1977) I resti di Anfibi e Rettili pleistocenici della grotta 'Bate' (Rethymnon, Creta), Rendicoti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 6, 571-582

Capasso Barbato L., Petronio C. (1986) Cervus major n. sp. of Bate Cave (Rethymnon, Crete), Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 18 2, 59-100

Capasso Barbato L. (1992) Nuova specie di cervide del pleistocene di Creta, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 1 7, 183-220

de Vos J. (1996) Taxonomy, ancestry and speciation of the endemic Pleistocene deer of Crete compared with the taxoomy ancestry and speciation of Darwin’s finches, Monographs in World Archaeology 28, 111-124

Holman J. A. (1998) Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe, Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, 1-265

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