Where: Kefallenia, Greece (38.2° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• A sediment sample, belonging to the relevant fossiliferous layer, was dated at the Luminescence Dating Laboratory, of the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) «Demokritos» . The Infrared Optically Stimulated Luminescence of feldspar (IRSL) [20, 22] was employed for dating the sediment sample containing the elephant maxilla. Using IRSL an age of 104.2 ± 18.5 ka was obtained. The Infrared Optically Stimulated Luminescence of feldspar (IRSL) [20, 22] was employed for dating the sediment with the elephant maxilla.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2015

Primary reference: G. Theodorou, Y. Bassiakos, E. Tsakalos, E. Yiannouli, and P. Maniatis. 2018. The use of CT scans and 3D modeling as a powerful tool to assist fossil vertebrate taxonomy. In M. Ioannides, E. Fink, R. Brumana, P. Patias, A. Doulamis, J. Martins, M. Wallace (eds.), Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. 7th International Conference, EuroMed 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus 11196:79-89 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204403: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 06.09.2019

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