Island fossil ungulates (Pleistocene of Cyprus)
Where: Cyprus (35.1° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 33.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Raia and S. Meiri. 2006. The Island Rule in Large Mammals: Paleontology Meets Ecology. Evolution 60(8):1731-1742 [M. Uhen/L. White]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94329: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Lauren White on 16.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Phanourios minor" = Hippopotamus minor
"Phanourios minor" = Hippopotamus minor Desmarest 1822 hippo | |
"Elephas cypriotes" = Palaeoloxodon cypriotes
"Elephas cypriotes" = Palaeoloxodon cypriotes Bate 1903 elephant |