Nea Michaniona (=MIC): Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Cheirogaster bacharidisi
Vlachos et al. 2014
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| recombined as Titanochelon bacharidisi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Thessaloniki |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 22.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 22.7° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gonia | Member: | Kallikratia |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous,sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182674 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2016-11-21 13:06:56 | Last modified: | 2018-07-06 12:28:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-21 13:06:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60875. | E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala, and J. Corsini. 2014. Cheirogaster bacharidisi, sp. nov., a new species of a giant tortoise from the Pliocene of Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):560-575 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |