Tourkovounia 3-5: Villanyian, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca majori
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Symeonidis et al. 1976 | |||||||||
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Macaca sylvanus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Symeonidis et al. 1976 | |||||||||
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Macaca florentina
Cocchi 1872
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Symeonidis et al. 1976 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium cf. crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Lynx issiodorensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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"Cervus" aff. philisi
Mennecart et al. 2017
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| recombined as Metacervocerus philisi | ||||||||||
| "Cervus" ex aff. philisi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus praeglacialis
Brunner 1933
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura kornfeldi
Kormos 1934
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Reumer and Doukas 1985 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Scolecophidia indet.
Duméril and Bibron 1844
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Szyndlar 1991 | 2 elements | ||||||||
| From Tourk 5, 2 vertebrae (UUGI) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Elaphe quatuorlineata
(Lacépède 1789)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Georgalis et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| From Tourkovounia 5, UU TB5 1001, one right maxilla; UU TB5 1002, one partial right dentary; UU TB5 1003, one isolated tooth | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates cf. syriacus
Boettger 1889
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greece |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 23.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 23.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Villanyian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.10000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Uncertain age but thought to be Early Villanyian, Middle Villafranchian, MNQ17, Pliocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TRV; Tourkobounia 3-5 | ||
| Database number: | 34592 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, T. Cleary, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos, T. Cleary |
| Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-09-11 08:29:01 | Last modified: | 2019-02-18 09:24:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-11 08:29:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9135. | PACED | G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 66456 | G. L. Georgalis, A. Villa, and M. Delfino. 2017. The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):1-7 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 69855 | J. W. F. Reumer and C. S. Doukas. 1985. Early Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) from Tourkobounia (Athens, Greece). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and medical sciences 88(1):111-121 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 9117 | 5% 34180 | N. Symeonidis, and H. Zapfe. 1976. Primatezahne (Cercopithecidae) aus einer Plistozanen Spaltenfullung im Steinbruch Tourkobounja, Athen. Annales geologiques des pays helleniques 28:207-214 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Alroy] |
| 70878 | Z. Szyndlar. 1991. A review of Neogene and Quaternary snakes of Central and Eastern Europe. Part I: Scolecophidia, Boidae, Colubrinae. Estudios Geológicos 47:103-126 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] |