Thermopigi (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Macedonia, Greece (41.3° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red sandstone

• "consolidated reddish sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1998 - 2007

Collection methods: quarrying,

• collection is in the Department of Geology, University of Athens and in the Municipal Museum of Natural History of Thermopigi

Primary reference: D. Geraads, E. Tsoukala, and N. Spassov. 2007. A skull of Ancylotherium (Chalicotheriidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Thermopigi (Serres, N. Greece) and the relationships of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):461-466 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73553: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.06.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium1
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium1 Kaup 1825 deinothere
Left scapula fragment, SIT-607
 Proboscidea -
Elephantimorpha indet.1 Tassy and Shoshani 1997 proboscidean
Right humerus, SIT-605; right ulna, SIT-609; left prox-imal ulna articulated with proximal radius, SIT-602; left femur,SIT-601; right tibia, SIT-608; left tibia, SIT-28; proximal epiphysisof left tibia, SIT-606
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica, Machairodus sp., "Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
"Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus Pilgrim 1913 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
Hipparion cf. matthewi Abel 1926 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
Palaeotragus sp.2 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Palaeotragus rouenii2 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Samotherium major2 Bohlin 1926 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Criotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope
Tragoportax cf. amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle