Kalamoto 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Vlachos 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
LGPUT KAL 180 is a partial left xiphiplastron, measuring approximately 26 mm in length and 38 mm in width | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Pachycrocuta brevirostris
(Gervais 1850)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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antiquus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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Praemegaceros pliotarandoides
(De Alessandri 1903)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Leptobos etruscus
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Bison (Eobison) sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece | State/province: | Mygdonia |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 23.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 23.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Platanochori |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown,red,yellow sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: redbrown- yellowish terrestrial deposits | |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: The material is deposited in the Museum of Kalamoto |
Metadata
Also known as: | KLT | ||
Database number: | 200084 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2019-03-06 14:47:38 | Last modified: | 2019-03-06 14:47:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-06 14:47:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
68076. | E. Tsoukala and K. Chatzopoulou. 2005. A New Early Pleistocene (Latest Villafranchian) Site with Mammals in Kalamotó (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece) – Preliminary Report. Mitt. Komm. Quartärforsch. Österr. Akad. Wiss 14:213-233 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
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] |