Nea Lefki (=NLL): Pleistocene, Greece
collected by K. Floras
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Larissa |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 22.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 22.4° East | ||
| Altitude: | 120 meters |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse unlithified conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | K. Floras |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182681 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2016-11-22 05:40:43 | Last modified: | 2016-11-22 05:40:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-22 05:40:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60881. | E. Tsoukala, D. Mol, S. Pappa, E. Vlachos, W. Logchem, M. Vaxevanopoulos, and J. Reumer. 2011. Elephas antiquus in Greece: New finds and a reappraisal of older material (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Elephantidae). Quaternary International 245:339-349 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |