Prochoma-1: Late/Upper Miocene, Greece
collected by L. de Bonis, GD. Koufos 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon pentelicus
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= Choerolophodon pentelici
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Konidaris et al. 2016 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotheriidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Kondopoulou et al. 1992 | ||||||
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= Chalicotherium goldfussi
Kaup 1833
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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= Anisodon macedonicus
de Bonis et al. 1995
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Koufos 2012 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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= Hipparion macedonicum
Koufos 1984
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Koufos 1987 | ||||||
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Hipparion dietrichi
(Wehrli 1941)
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Helladotherium sp.
Gaudry 1860
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= Helladotherium duvernoyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Kondopoulou et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Tragoportax rugosifrons
(Schlosser 1904)
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Prostrepsiceros (Helicotragus) zitteli
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Palaeoreas zouavei
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= Palaeoreas sp.
Gaudry 1861
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Protoryx sp.
Forsyth Major 1891
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Nisidorcas planicornis
(Pilgrim 1939)
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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= Gazella pilgrimi
Bohlin 1935
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Microstonyx major
(Gervais 1848)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Plioviverrops sp.
Kretzoi 1938
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= Plioviverrops orbignyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Kondopoulou et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Adcrocuta sp.
Kretzoi 1938
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= Adcrocuta eximia
Roth and Wagner 1854
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Ictitherium sp.
Wagner 1848
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= Ictitherium viverrinum
Roth 1854
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Koufos 2006 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Chalkidona |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 22.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 22.4° 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: | MN12 |
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.56 to 7.43 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vathylakkos |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: gritty marls, grey sands, sandy marls, marls, sands and gravels | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L. de Bonis, GD. Koufos | Collection dates: | 1985 |
| Collection method comments: LGPUT | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | PXM | ||
| Database number: | 202222 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-07-01 10:13:04 | Last modified: | 2019-07-01 10:18:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-01 10:13:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69303. | L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, D. Geraads and G. D. Koufos. 1986. Découverte d'un nouveau gisement de Vertébrés dans le Miocène supérieur de Macédoine (Grèce). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 303(15):1397-1400 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 69306 | D. Kondopoulou, S. Sen, G. D. Koufos and L. Bonis. 1992. Magneto-and biostratigraphy of the late Miocene mammalian locality of Prochoma (Macedonia, Greece). Paleontologia i Evolució 24-25:135-139 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69398 | G. E. Konidaris, G. D. Koufos, D. S. Kostopoulos and G. Merceron. 2016. Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in the Miocene of SE Europe-SW Asia: implications for phylogeny and biogeography. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 14:1-27 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 61193 | G. Koufos. 2006. The Neogene mammal localities of Greece: Faunas, chronology and biostratigraphy. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 41:183-214 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/T. Cleary] | |
| 69304 | G. D. Koufos. 1987. Study of Turolian hipparions of the lower Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece). 2. Locality "Prochoma-1" PXM. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 61(3/4):339-358 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69308 | G. D. Koufos. 2012. New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species. Annales de Paléontologie 98(3):203-224 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |