Nikiti-2 (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as NIK

Where: Greece (40.2° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nikiti Formation, MN 11 (8.7 - 7.8 Ma)

• about 20 m higher than the Vallesian collection Nikiti 1 (NKT)

•"early Turolian... beginning of MN11"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; hematitic siltstone

• lens of "red beds"; stratigraphic section indicates fine sandstone mixed with clay, presumably meaning siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Vlachou and G. D. Koufos. 2002. The hipparions (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Turolian locality "Nikiti-2" (NIK), Macedonia, N. Greece. Annales de Paléontologie 88(4):215-263 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73869: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.07.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Panagiotis Kampouridis

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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cf. Ouzocerus sp.
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio cf. karatheodoris2
Struthio cf. karatheodoris2 Forsyth Major 1888 ostrich
tarsometatarsus
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marmorum3
Testudo marmorum3 Gaudry 1862 turtle
complete shell
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici
Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
"Palaeotraginae indet." = Palaeotragini1, Palaeotragus rouenii1, Helladotherium duvernoyi
"Palaeotraginae indet." = Palaeotragini1 Pilgrim 1911 giraffe
Part of first phalanx lacking proximal epiphysis, NIK-211; proximal epiphysis of first phalanx, NIK-264 (young); second phalanges of young individuals, NIK-1916 (posterior?), NIK-1917 (anterior?).
Palaeotragus rouenii1 Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Left P2-(part)M1, NIK-1823; distal part of humerus, NIK-1810; radius of young individual, NIK-1809; metacarpal III + IV, NIK-1807; calcaneum, NIK-1912; part of cuboscaphoid, NIK-1914; proximal metatarsal III + IV, NIK-1808; first phalanx, NIK-1913; first, second and third phalanges, NIK- 1915.
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
"Helledotherium duvernoyi"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Palaeoreas lindermayeri1, Gazella cf. capricornis1, Gazella pilgrimi1, Palaeoryx cf. pallasi1, Tragoportax amalthea1, ? Miotragocerus sp.1, Nisidorcas planicornis
Palaeoreas lindermayeri1 Wagner 1848 antelope
Gazella pilgrimi1 Bohlin 1935 gazelle
Partially preserved skull, NIK-1811; frontlets, NIK-813, 1813, 1814, 1817; left horn-core, NIK-700, 1815; right horn-core, NIK-1816, 1818; palate, NIK-1899; right P2-M3, NIK-607; part of mandible with i1-m3 sin. and i1, p2-m3 dex., NIK- 778; right mandibular ramii, NIK-589, 1888, 1890, 1898, 1902; left mandibular ramii, NIK-13’, 590, 1891, 1893-1895, 1900, 1901.
Palaeoryx cf. pallasi1 Wagner 1857 antelope
left maxilla with P2-M3, NIK-1063.
Tragoportax amalthea1 Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope
Skull, NIK-1688; partial skull, NIK-1687; frontlets of young individuals, NIK-1135, 1689; partly preserved hornless skull, NIK-1684; palate, NIK-423, 1685; right P2-M3, NIK- 1141; mandible, NIK-1181; left part of mandible, NIK-1675; lower tooth rows, NIK-425, 433, 1676, 1691.
? Miotragocerus sp.1 Stromer 1928 antelope
"Tragoportax aff. rugosiforns"
Nisidorcas planicornis Pilgrim 1939 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., Hipparion macedonicum, Hipparion dietrichi
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
"large-sized"
Hipparion macedonicum Koufos 1984 hipparionine horse
Hipparion dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
1Kostopoulos 2016; 2Koufos et al. 2016; 3Vlachos et al. 2019