Kyparissia 1 (=KYP1): Middle Pleistocene, Greece
collected 2004-2008, 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus antiquus
Desmarest 1822
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Praemegaceros verticornis
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo marginata
Schoepff 1792
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Greece |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 22.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 22.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 0.8 to 0.4 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age based on biostratigraphy |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | lignite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: It is a sequence of mainly dark coloured lignite layers with intercalating grey sandy clays of variable thickness. Th main grey layer has a thickness of about 3 m, situated at an altitude of 340 m. A underlying lignitic layer yielded numerous Hippopotamus specimens that probably belonged to the same individual (see Section 4.4). Due to the disturbance of the site the stratigraphic relationship and the number of the existing fossiliferous horizons are not clear. The most probable reconstruction based on field data includes two fossiliferous horizons at about 340 m and 330 m above sea level. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2004-2008, 2012 |
| Collection method comments: collections of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology–Speleology (Ministry of Culture,Athens, Greece) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194472 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2018-06-20 09:17:56 | Last modified: | 2018-06-20 09:29:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-20 09:17:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66043. | A. Athanassiou, D. Michailidis, E. Vlachos, V. Tourloukis, N. Thompson and K. Harvati. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Testudines, Aves, Suiformes. Quaternary International 478:178-197 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 66223 | A. Athanassiou. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Rodentia, Carnivora, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Ruminantia. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |