Apolakkia II: Early/Lower Pliocene, Greece
collected 1992-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarinella sp.
Thomas 1911
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Blarinini indet.
Kretzoi 1965
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Doukas 2005 | |||||||||
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Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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Doukas 2005 | |||||||||
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Asoriculus gibberodon
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Doukas 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galericinae indet.
Pomel 1848
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Doukas 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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| Skull fragments indet. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Dodecannese |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 27.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 27.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 5.3 to 3.4 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,green lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMPG | Collection dates: | 1992-1993 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 202499 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-07-12 15:48:38 | Last modified: | 2019-07-12 15:48:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-12 15:48:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69391. | G. Theodorou, N. Spjeldnaes, N. M. Hanken, S. E. Lauritzen, E. Velitzelos, A. Athanassiou, and S. Roussiakis. 2000. Description and taphonomic investigations of Neogene Proboscidea from Rhodos, Greece. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helléniques 38:133-156 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 73905 | C. S. Doukas. 2005. Greece. In L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, C. S. Doukas, J. W. F. Reumer (eds.), The Fossil Record of the Eurasian Neogene Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia), Part I. Scripta Geologica Special Issue 5:99-112 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |