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Kritimys
''Kritimys'', also known as the Cretan giant rat is an extinct genus of muridae, murid rodent that was endemic to the island of Crete during the Pleistocene. There are two known species, ''K. kiridus'' from the Early-Mid Pleistocene, and its descendant ''K. catreus'' from the Late Pleistocene. As with most island rodents, ''Kritimys'' was larger than its mainland relatives. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q107750326 Prehistoric rodent genera Pleistocene rodents Prehistoric Crete Prehistoric mammals of Europe Muridae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehistoric Crete
The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The palace-based Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. After the Minoan civilization was devastated by the Thera eruption, Crete developed an Ancient Greece-influenced organization of city-states, then successively became part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire, an autonomous state, and the modern state of Greece. Prehistoric Crete In 2002, the paleontologist Gerard Gierlinski discovered what he claimed were fossil footprints left by ancient human relatives 5,600,000 years ago, but the claim is controversial. Excavations in South Crete in 2008–2009 revealed stone tools at least 130,000 years old. This was a sensational discovery, as the previously accepted earliest sea crossing in the Mediterranean was thought to occur around 12,000 BC. The stone tools found in the ''Plakias'' re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
