Kerassia 1 (K1): Late/Upper Miocene, Greece
collected by G. Theodorou Team 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio karatheodoris Forsyth Major 1888
Kampouridis et al. 2020
K1/143/2 (C3), K1/143/1 (C4), K1/177 (C5), K1/ 183/1 (C6), K1/183/2 (C7), K1/184 (C8), K1/185 (C10-11), K1/142 (C12), K1/136 (C13), K1/141 (C14) and K1/98/1 (belonging to the C6-10 series) (Figure 3(A)–(H))
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
? Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
? Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854
Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003
K1/∆104 (a left P4)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Metailurus cf. parvulus Hensel 1862
Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003
K1/∆18: left mandible with ci, p3 and p4
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861
Helladotherium cf. duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Tragoportax cf. amalthea (Roth and Wagner 1854)
Mammalia - Suidae
Microstonyx major (Gervais 1848)
erymanthius (subspecies)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium sp. Gaudry 1863
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Euboea
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 23.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 23.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene Mammal zone: MN 12
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Combining the above given data, an MN12 age is plausible for the fauna of Kerassiá, although MN11 cannot be rejected. A biochronological distinction of the two fossiliferous levels found in Kerassiá is not possible for the moment.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown lithified silty,conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: They belong to the so-called "reddish-brown fluvial deposits" (Mettos et al. 1991) in the lower layers of the upper sequence of the Límni–Istiéa Basin. The lower sequence, as well as the ophiolithic basement, are exposed NE of the village Kerassiá. The superposed reddish-brown fluvial deposits include clays, conglomerates, sands, and siltstones in succession. Their total thickness is about 250–300 m.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: The numerical dominance of bovids and hipparions in the fauna of Kerassiá indicates an open and rather dry environment. Forest elements as cervids and suids are rare or absent. The giraffids, as well as Tragoportax, may have lived in open woodland environments (Gentry et al. 1999). A paleoecological shift between the lower and the upper fossiliferous level is possible due to the small differences in the faunal content, but such an assumption requires more material from both levels.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:AMPG
Collectors:G. Theodorou Team Collection dates:after 1992
Collection method comments: AMPG, Museum of Palaeontology and Geology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Taxonomic list comments:In this paper (Theodorou et al. 2003) they describe the herbivore fossils. The carnivores are described in another paper.
Metadata
Database number:195432
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-08-08 12:40:39 Last modified:2018-08-08 12:40:39
Access level:the public Released:2018-08-08 12:40:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
66526. G. Theodorou, A. Athanassiou, S. Roussiakis and G. Iliopoulos. 2003. Preliminary remarks on the Late Miocene herbivores of Kerassiá (Northern Euboea, Greece). In J.W.F. Reumer, W. Wessels (eds.), Deinsea, Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia. A volume in honour of Hans de Bruijn 10:519-530 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

72832 P. Kampouridis, D. Michailidis, N. Kargopoulos, S. Roussiakis, and G. Theodorou. 2020. First description of an ostrich from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea, Greece): remarks on its cervical anatomy. Historical Biology 1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
66538 S. J. Roussiakis and G. E. Theodorou. 2003. Carnivora from the Late Miocene of Kerassiá (Northern Euboea, Greece). In J. W. F. Reumer, W. Wessels (eds.), Deinsea. Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia. A Volume in Honour of Hans de Bruijn 10:469-497 [E. Vlachos/P. Kampouridis/P. Kampouridis]