Canal of Corinth: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
| AMPG collection, a fine mandible | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Corinthus |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 23.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 23.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Lithology description: serpentinite gravel | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMPG |
Metadata
| Database number: | 204553 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2019-09-11 13:23:47 | Last modified: | 2019-09-11 13:23:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-11 13:23:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70148. | C. Depéret. 1913. Observations sur l’histoire géologique pliocène et quaternaire du golfe et de l’isthme de Corinthe [Observations on the Pliocene and Quaternary geologic history of the Gulf and Isthmus of Corinth]. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 156:1048-1052 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] |