Kyparissia surface findinds: Middle Pleistocene, Greece
collected 2004-2008, 2012

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mareca strepera (Linnaeus 1758)
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758
Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus 1758)
Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer and Cautley 1847)
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Athanassiou 2018
Praemegaceros verticornis
Athanassiou 2018
Cervus peloponnesiacus
Athanassiou 2018
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Athanassiou 2018
Dama sp. Frisch 1775
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Athanassiou 2018
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Athanassiou 2018
see common names

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 not reported
Secondary lithology: lignite
Includes fossils?Y
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:194477
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-06-20 09:29:39 Last modified:2018-06-20 09:29:39
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-20 09:29:39
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]