Mytilinii-1: Turolian, Greece
collected by GD Koufos team 1985 -
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus gaudryi
Forsyth Major 1888
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon turicensis
(Schintz 1824)
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Konidaris and Koufos 2009 | |||||||||
| dp4 dex, PMMS-53 | ||||||||||
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= Mammut sp.
Blumenbach 1799
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Konidaris and Koufos 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Promeles sp.
Zittel 1893
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenotherium wongii
(Zdansky 1924)
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| original and current combination Thalassictis wongii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. proboscideum
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Ancylotherium pentelicum
(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
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Giaourtsakis and Koufos 2009 | |||||||||
| Right Mt-III, MTLA-277; ungual phalanx, MTLA-485 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus pikermiensis
Toula 1906
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| recombined as Dihoplus pikermiensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Microstonyx major
(Gervais 1848)
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Samotherium boissieri
Forsyth Major 1888
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Pseudotragus parvidens
Gaudry 1861
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Gazella cf. capricornis
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Gazella pilgrimi
Bohlin 1935
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Gazella mytilinii
Pilgrim 1926
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Palaeoryx pallasi
(Wagner 1857)
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope pallasi | ||||||||||
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Miotragocerus valenciennesi
(Gaudry 1861)
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Antilopinae indet.
Gray 1821
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Urmiatherium rugosifrons
(Sickenberg 1932)
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Skoufotragus laticeps
(Andree 1926)
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Protoryx carolinae
Major 1891
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Sporadotragus parvidens
(Gaudry 1861)
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Kostopoulos 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Pseudomeriones cf. pythagorasi
Black et al. 1980
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= Pseudomeriones pythagorasi
Black et al. 1980
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Vasileiadou and Sylvestrou 2009 | |||||||||
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"Karnimata" provocator
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilinus cf. bredai
(von Meyer 1848)
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Vasileiadou and Sylvestrou 2009 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Samos |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 26.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 26.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.17 to 7.13 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mytilinii | Member: | Main Bone Beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | GD Koufos team | Collection dates: | 1985 - present |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MTL A, MTLA | ||
| Database number: | 202215 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-07-01 08:59:15 | Last modified: | 2019-07-01 08:59:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-01 08:59:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69299. | G. D. Koufos, G. E. Syrides, D. S. Kostopoulos, K. K. Koliadimou, I. A. Sylvestrou, G. Ch Seitanidis, and T. D. Vlachos. 1997. New excavations in the Neogene mammalian localities of Mytilinii, Samos Island, Greece. Geodiversitas 19(4):877-885 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 69301 | I. X. Giaourtsakis and G. D. Koufos. 2009. The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection. 10. Chalicotheriidae. Beitrage fur Palaeontologie 31:189-205 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69433 | G. E. Konidaris and G. D. Koufos. 2009. The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection. 8. Proboscidea. In G. D. Koufos, D. Nagel (eds.), Beitrage fur Palaeontologie Wien 31:139-155 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69434 | G. E. Konidaris and G. D. Koufos. 2013. Late Miocene Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Macedonia and Samos Island, Greece: preliminary results. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 87:121-140 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 71312 | D. S. Kostopoulos. 2009. The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection 14. Bovidae. Beitrage fur Paläontologie 31:345-389 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 70448 | K. Vasileiadou and I. A. Sylvestrou. 2009. In G. D. Koufos, D. Nagel (eds.), Beitrage fur Palaeontologie 31:37-55 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |