Neokaisareia: Turolian, Greece
collected by D. S. Kostopoulos, E. Tsoukala 2014, 2016
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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| almost complete left tibia (NKP-16) and a proximal frag-ment of left ulna (NKP 50) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| single right lower molar (NKP-6) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut sp.
Blumenbach 1799
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| M. obliquelophus?; Right I2, NKP-1; axis, NKP-2; 2 thoracic spinal pro-cesses, NKP-5, 8; vertebra fragments, NKP-4, 9, 18; 31 rib fragments,NKP-3, 7, 10–12, 14, 15, 19–25, 31–48; bone fragments, NKP-17,26–30; right humerus fragment (diaphysis and distal extremity),NKP-13 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Pieria | County: | Katerini |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 22.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 22.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 143 meters | ||||
| 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 |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lagorachi |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,yellow sandstone |
| Lithology description: gray-yellowish fine sand | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Collection size: | 50 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. S. Kostopoulos, E. Tsoukala | Collection dates: | 2014, 2016 |
| Collection method comments: The NKP material is stored at the building of the cultural association “Mastodontas” in the village of Neokaisareia. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | NKP | ||
| Database number: | 206458 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-11-16 08:17:23 | Last modified: | 2019-11-16 08:17:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-11-16 08:17:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70959. | G. E. Konidaris and E. Tsoukala. 2019. Proboscideans from the upper Miocene localities of Thermopigi, Neokaisareia and Platania (Northern Greece). Annales de Paléontologie 1-15 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |