Gefira 1 (=GAS1) (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as Gephyra

Where: Thessaloniki, Greece (40.8° N, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 22.5° E)

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, brown, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: E. Vlachos, I. Cerda, and E. Tsoukala. 2015. The first record of a soft-shelled turtle (Testudines: Pan-Trionychidae) from southern Balkans (Pliocene, Gefira, N. Greece) and new information from bone histology. Science of Nature 102(45):1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182685: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 22.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procapreolus cusanus
Procapreolus cusanus Croizet and Jobert 1928 deer
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Metatarsal fragment of left Mt III+IV, GAS 15
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parabos savelisi n. sp.
Parabos savelisi n. sp. Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017 antelope
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Identified as Pan-Trionychidae indet.