Sesklon (Lower Level) (Pliocene of Greece)
Where: Thessaly, Greece (39.4° N, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 22.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 16 (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Athanassiou. 2018. A Villafranchian Hipparion-Bearing Mammal Fauna from Sésklo (E. Thessaly, Greece): Implications for the Question of Hipparion–Equus Sympatry in Europe. Quaternary MDPI 1(12):1-24 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205043: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.10.2019
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros | |
Sus arvernensis Deperet 1885 pig | |
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
Aves | |
Struthio cf. chersonensis Brant 1873 ostrich |