Kalamoto 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
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
Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Gervais 1850)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
antiquus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dama sp. Frisch 1775
Praemegaceros pliotarandoides (De Alessandri 1903)
Mammalia - Bovidae
cf. Leptobos etruscus
Bison (Eobison) sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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]