Gela: Turolian, Greece
collected 2002-2010
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium giganteum
Kaup 1829
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A:I, left incisor; A:II, body of cervical vertebra; A:III, atlas; A:IV and V, ribs; A:VI, radius. B:I, left p3; B:II, left P4; B:III, right m3; B:IV, left m3; B:V, right M1; B:VI, right M2; B:VII, left M3 | ||||||||||
= Deinotherium proavum
Eichwald 1835
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Iliopoulos et al. 2014 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece | State/province: | Crete | County: | Lasithi |
Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 26.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 26.1° 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 | Mammal zone: | MN11-13 |
Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Skopi |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | coarse,red sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: coarse grained, reddish sands | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Collection size: | 9 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2002-2010 |
Collection method comments: Material deposited at NHMC, Natural History Museum of Crete |
Metadata
Also known as: | Aghia Photia, Siteia | ||
Database number: | 202723 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
Created: | 2019-07-19 12:15:19 | Last modified: | 2019-07-19 12:20:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-19 12:15:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
69470. | N. Poulakakis, P. Lymberakis, and C. Fassoulas. 2005. Deinotherium giganteum (Proboscidea, Deinotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crete. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):732-736 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
69471 | G. Iliopoulos, C. Fassoulas, and M. Tzortzi. 2014. An almost complete skeleton of a large Deinotherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Aghia Photia, Siteia (Crete Island, Greece). In D. S. Kostopoulos, E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala (eds.), 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, Grevena-Siatista. Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 102:72-73 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |