MAP4: Late/Upper Miocene, Greece
collected 2015-2016
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chersine hermanni
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Testudo hermanni | ||||||||||
| LGPUT MAP-40, an almost complete shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Pieria |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 22.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 22.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Markygialos |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2015-2016 |
| Collection method comments: All the specimens studied in this article belong to the collections of the Museum of Geology, Paleontology, and Paleoanthropology, of the School of Geology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (LGPUT). Most tortoise and turtle specimens are currently included in a temporary public exhibition at the Mammoth Museum of the Nouvelle Environmental Park, in Oreokastro, Thessaloniki, under the supervision of LGPUT. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Besides turtles, we have been able to discover elements of the accompanying fauna that contains giant tortoises, proboscideans, small bovids, deer, carnivorans, and a monitor lizard, which are going to be presented in detail elsewhere. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Makrygialos4 | ||
| Database number: | 226436 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2022-07-08 06:08:33 | Last modified: | 2022-07-08 06:08:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-07-08 06:08:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82110. | M. Saltsidou, A. Paschalidou, I. Sylvestrou and E. Vlachos. 2022. The latest Miocene to Pliocene small-sized fossil turtles, Testudinidae and Geoemydidae, from Makrygialos, Thermaikos Gulf, Northern Greece. The Anatomical Record 1-20 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |