Dytiko-2 (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as DIT

Where: Macedonia, Greece (40.9° N, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 22.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dytiko Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandy marl and unlithified, pebbly sandstone

• marls, sandy marls, sands, gravels and fresh-water limestones at the top

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: This collection is in progress as of 7/04, awaiting entry of a big, gnarly, French background ref (Aramborg and Piveteau, 1929)

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 1988. Study of the Turolian Hipparions of the Lower Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece). Palaeovertebrata 18(4):187-239 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32375: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 26.06.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici3 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion matthewi2 Abel 1926 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp.1 Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium puyhauberti2 Arambourg and Piveteau 1929 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Bohlinia attica2 Lydekker 1886 giraffe
Palaeotragus rouenii2 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.2 Gray 1821 antelope
Palaeoryx sp.1 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri2 Wagner 1848 antelope
Tragoportax sp.1 Pilgrim 1937 antelope
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Mesopithecus pentelicus2 Wagner 1839 monkey