PBDB Collection

Halmyropotamos (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as (N. Panagiotou farm)

Where: Euboea, Greece (38.3° N, 24.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN12 mammal zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red, conglomeratic claystone

• reddish brown clay layers with boulders of different size

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Th. Skoufos, J. K. Melentis in 1916, 1966; reposited in the AMPG

Primary reference: J. K. Melentis. 1969. Die Pikermi-Fauna von Halmyropotamos (Euböa, Griechenland)–1. Teil: Odontologie und Kraniologie. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helléniques 29:283-411 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202213: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudo marmorum Testudo marmorum Gaudry 1862 turtle collected during October 1966 by JK Melentis
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium proavum² Deinotherium proavum² Eichwald 1835 deinothere
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut sp.¹ Mammut sp.¹ Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae	Pliohyrax graecus Pliohyrax graecus hyrax
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix primigenia Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine
Carnivora - Felidae	Machairodus aphanistus, Metailurus major, Metailurus parvulus Machairodus aphanistus Kaup 1833 cat Metailurus major Zdansky 1924 cat Metailurus parvulus Hensel 1862 cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Crocuta eximia Crocuta eximia spotted hyaena
Carnivora - Ailuridae	Simocyon primigenius Simocyon primigenius Wagner 1858 red panda
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Sus (Microstonyx) major" = Microstonyx major "Sus (Microstonyx) major" = Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella gaudryi, Protragelaphus skouzesi, Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Tragocerus amaltheus, Helicotragus rodundicornis, Palaeoryx woodwardi, Palaeoryx majori, Protoryx hentscheli, Prostrepsiceros woodwardi Gazella gaudryi Schlosser 1904 gazelle Protragelaphus skouzesi antelope Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope Tragocerus amaltheus antelope Helicotragus rodundicornis antelope Palaeoryx woodwardi antelope Palaeoryx majori Schlosser 1904 antelope Protoryx hentscheli antelope Prostrepsiceros woodwardi antelope
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Pliocervus pentelici Pliocervus pentelici deer
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Dicerorhinus orientalis Dicerorhinus orientalis rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Ancylotherium pentelicum³ Ancylotherium pentelicum³ Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion koenigswaldi, Hipparion mediterraneum, Hipparion theniusi n. sp. Hipparion koenigswaldi hipparionine horse Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse Hipparion theniusi n. sp. Melentis 1969 hipparionine horse

¹Konidaris 2013; ²Konidaris et al. 2017; ³Melentis 1969