Epanomi (=EPN) (Pliocene to of Greece)

Where: Thessaloniki, Greece (40.4° N, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 22.7° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 14 - MN 15 mammal zone, Gonia Formation (Western Chalkidiki deposits Group), Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, lenticular, medium-grained, argillaceous, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala, and J. Corsini. 2014. Cheirogaster bacharidisi, sp. nov., a new species of a giant tortoise from the Pliocene of Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):560-575 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182672: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 21.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Cheirogaster bacharidisi n. sp." = Titanochelon bacharidisi
"Cheirogaster bacharidisi n. sp." = Titanochelon bacharidisi Vlachos et al. 2014 turtle