Kapetanios (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as KPT

Where: Macedonia, Greece (38.0° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Date unceratin, suggested to be MNQ 19, Early Pleistocene, Biharian, Latest Villafranchian

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34781: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 25.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Eucladoceros aff. boulei Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope