Cape Cheladi (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as Profitis Elias Hill

Where: Kythera, Greece (36.3° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 23.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMPG

Primary reference: A. Athanassiou, A. A. E. van der Geer, and G. A. Lyras. 2019. Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update. Quaternary Science Reviews 218:306-321 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204298: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
AMPG KY-1: right second(?) lower molar (m2?) part; AMPG KY-2: left lower third molar (m3) part.