Canal of Corinth (Pleistocene to of Greece)

Where: Corinthus, Greece (37.9° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 23.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gravel

• serpentinite gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMPG

Primary reference: C. Depéret. 1913. Observations sur l’histoire géologique pliocène et quaternaire du golfe et de l’isthme de Corinthe [Observations on the Pliocene and Quaternary geologic history of the Gulf and Isthmus of Corinth]. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 156:1048-1052 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204553: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
AMPG collection, a fine mandible