Kryopigi: Turolian, Greece
collected by E. Tsoukala 1998–

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cremohipparion sp.
"matthewi/nikosi"
Helladorcas sp.
Lazaridis et al. 2018
? Cremohipparion cf. mediterraneum
    = Cremohipparion aff. nikosi
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Plioviverrops sp. Kretzoi 1938
    = Plioviverops orbignyi
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. primigenia (Wagner 1848)
    = Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium cf. brachypus
Hipparion phlegrae n. sp. Lazaridis and Tsoukala 2014
26 individuals
KRY 191, 1155, 1570, 1574, 2050, 2052, 2513, 2800, 2810, 2876a, 2877a, 2886, 3029, 3041–3, 3053, 3124, 3129, 3946, 4097, 4330, 4578, 5995, 6749, 6951
Mammalia - Suidae
Hippopotamodon major
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Propotamochoerus sp. Pilgrim 1925
"cf. Balkan form, sensu Geraads et al., 2008"
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
    = Gazella capricornis
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Gazella pilgrimi Bohlin 1935
Lazaridis et al. 2018
cf. Tragoportax sp. Pilgrim 1937
    = Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854
Lazaridis et al. 2018
? Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Prostrepsiceros sp. Forsyth Major 1891
    = Prostrepsiceros axiosi
Lazaridis et al. 2018
n. ssp.
Nisidorcas planicornis (Pilgrim 1939)
Skoufotragus sp. Kostopoulos 2009
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Protragelaphus sp. Dames 1883
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus cf. rouenii (Gaudry 1861)
    = Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861
Lazaridis et al. 2018
cf. Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
    = Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Metailurus parvulus Hensel 1862
Amphimachairodus giganteus Kretzoi 1929
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854
Hyaenictitherium wongii
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
cf. Promephitis larteti Gaudry 1861
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici (Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
"a large terrestrial chelonian species"
    = Titanochelon sp. Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
Vlachos 2015
LGPUT, two osteoderms
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Lazaridis et al. 2018
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Ergilornithidae
? Amphipelargus sp. Lydekker 1891
Lazaridis et al. 2018
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Makedonia Thraki County:Chalkidiki
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 23.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 23.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Turolian
Age range of interval:8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Triglia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MN12-13, middle-late Turolian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:E. Tsoukala Collection dates:1998–
Metadata
Also known as:Kriopigi
Database number:157582
Authorizer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-06-25 12:59:30 Last modified:2014-06-25 12:59:30
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-25 12:59:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

51833. G. Lazaridis and E. Tsoukala. 2014. Hipparion phlegrae, sp. nov. (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): a new species from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):164-178 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

65728 G. Lazaridis, E. Tsoukala, T. C. Rae, A. Gomez-Olivencia, D. Nagel and A. Bartsiokas. 2018. Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece). Journal of Human Evolution 1-19 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
65163 E. Vlachos. 2015. The Fossil Chelonians of Greece. Systematics - Evolution - Stratigraphy - Palaeoecology. Scientific Annals of the School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 173:1-479 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]