Vathylakkos-3 (=VAT): Late/Upper Miocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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They mention "of large size"; Vlachos et al. (2014) were unable to locate these specimens and postulate a possible mixture with material from Megalon Emvolon | ||||||||||
= Titanochelon sp.
Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
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Vlachos 2021 | |||||||||
plate I in Arambourg and Piveteau (1929) depicts a block of bones from Vathylakkos. The caption states that a Testudo is present among these bones, referring to a leg osteoderm and a pelvis of giant tortoise; this specimen forms part of the exhibition of the MNHN. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon pentelici
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synonym of Mammut | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena eximia
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Ictitherium robustum
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Ictitherium hipparionum
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Plioviverrops orbignyi
(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis cf. attica
Wagner 1857
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recombined as Pristifelis attica | ||||||||||
Machairodus aphanistus
(Kaup 1833)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Plesiogulo crassa
Teilhard de Chardin 1945
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus erymanthius
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Microstonyx major
(Gervais 1848)
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Samotherium boissieri
Forsyth Major 1888
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Helladotherium duvernoyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Giraffa attica
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Orasius eximius
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synonym of Giraffa | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Tragocerus amaltheus
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Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Helicotragus rotundicornis
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Tragoportax rugosifrons
(Schlosser 1904)
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Palaeoreas lindermayeri
(Wagner 1848)
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original and current combination Antilope lindermayeri | ||||||||||
Protoryx carolinae
Major 1891
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Nisidorcas planicornis
(Pilgrim 1939)
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Prostrepsiceros zitteli
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Gazella deperdita
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Gazella gaudryi
Schlosser 1904
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium puyhauberti
Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium cf. goldfussi
Kaup 1833
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= Anisodon macedonicus
de Bonis et al. 1995
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Koufos 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aceratherium sp.
Kaup 1834
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Rhinocerus pachygnathus
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original and current combination Rhinoceros | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion dietrichi
(Wehrli 1941)
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Hipparion gracile
Guerin and Mein 1971
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synonym of Hipparion depereti | ||||||||||
Hipparion macedonicum
Koufos 1984
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de Bonis et al. 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Parapodemus schaubi
Papp 1947
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de Bonis and Koufos 1999 | |||||||||
synonym of Parapodemus gaudryi | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece | State/province: | Chalkidona |
Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 22.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 22.4° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN12 |
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
Also known as: | Ravin de Vatiluk; Ravin G | ||
Database number: | 182750 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2016-11-23 08:19:21 | Last modified: | 2016-11-23 08:19:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-23 08:19:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60908. | C. Arambourg and J. Piveteau. 1929. Les vertébrés du Pontien de Salonique. Annales de Paleontologie 18:59-83 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
69452 | L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, and G. D. Koufos. 1988. Late Miocene mammal localities of the lower Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece) and their stratigraphic significance. Modern Geology 13:141-147 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
70463 | L. de Bonis and G. D. Koufos. 1999. The Miocene large mammal succession in Greece. In J. Agusti, L. Rook, P. Andrews (eds.), Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe, Volume 1, The Evolution of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe 1:205-223 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
69308 | G. D. Koufos. 2012. New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species. Annales de Paléontologie 98(3):203-224 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
78401 | E. Vlachos. 2021. The Fossil Record of Turtles and Tortoises (Reptilia: Testudines) in Greece. In E. Vlachos (ed.), Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1, 1:245-281 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |