Halmyropotamos: Turolian, Greece
collected by Th. Skoufos, J. K. Melentis 1916, 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo marmorum
Gaudry 1862
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Pliohyracidae
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Pliohyrax graecus
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon (Zygolophodon) tapiroides
(Cuvier 1824)
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= Mammut sp.
Blumenbach 1799
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Konidaris 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Dinotherium giganteum
(Kaup 1829)
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= Deinotherium proavum
Eichwald 1835
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix primigenia
(Wagner 1848)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ailuridae
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Simocyon primigenius
Wagner 1858
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta eximia
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Metailurus major
Zdansky 1924
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Metailurus parvulus
Hensel 1862
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Machairodus aphanistus
(Kaup 1833)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Palaeoreas lindermayeri
(Wagner 1848)
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| original and current combination Antilope lindermayeri | ||||||||||
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Gazella gaudryi
Schlosser 1904
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Tragocerus amaltheus
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Protoryx hentscheli
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Palaeoryx woodwardi
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Palaeoryx majori
Schlosser 1904
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Protragelaphus skouzesi
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Prostrepsiceros woodwardi
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Helicotragus rodundicornis
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Pliocervus pentelici
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus (Microstonyx) major
Gervais 1848
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion koenigswaldi
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Hipparion theniusi n. sp.
Melentis 1969
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Hipparion mediterraneum
Roth and Wagner 1855
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus orientalis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Ancylotherium pentelicum
(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Euboea |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 24.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 23.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 15 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | Mammal zone: | MN12 |
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red conglomeratic claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: reddish brown clay layers with boulders of different size | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMPG | ||
| Collectors: | Th. Skoufos, J. K. Melentis | Collection dates: | 1916, 1966 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | (N. Panagiotou farm) | ||
| Database number: | 202213 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-07-01 08:07:24 | Last modified: | 2019-07-01 08:07:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-01 08:07:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69294. | J. K. Melentis. 1969. Die Pikermi-Fauna von Halmyropotamos (Euböa, Griechenland)–1. Teil: Odontologie und Kraniologie. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helléniques 29:283-411 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 69439 | G. E. Konidaris. 2013. Palaeontological and biostratigraphical study of the Neogene Proboscidea from Greece. Ph.D. thesis, Scientific Annals of School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 153:1-326 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69438 | G. E. Konidaris, S. J. Roussiakis, A. Athanassiou and G. E. Theodorou. 2017. The huge-sized deinothere Deinotherium proavum (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene localities Pikermi and Halmyropotamos (Greece). Quaternary International 430(A):5-21 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69295 | J. K. Melentis. 1969. Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry & Lartet aus dem Pont von Halmyropotamos. Archive d' etudes d' Eubee 15:1-18 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |