Fossil collection from Samos Island in the Geological Museum of Lausanne (Miocene of Greece)
Where: Aegean, Greece (37.7° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 26.6° E)
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Geological Museum of Lausanne
Primary reference: C. I. Forsyth Major. 1888. Sur un gisement d’ossements fossiles dans l’île de Samos, contemporains l’âge de Pikermi. Compte Rendus de l‘Academie des Sciences, Paris 118:608-610 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202120: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 24.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Struthio caratheodoris ostrich | |
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| Mammalia | |
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"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
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Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp.
Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp. Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark | |
Rhinoceros pachygnathus, "Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Rhinoceros pachygnathus one-horned rhinoceros
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
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Chalicotherium pentelici chalicothere | |
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus, Hipparion mediterraneum
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse | |
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? Dremotherium pentelici ruminant | |
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Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe | |
Prostrepsiceros sp., Palaeoreas lindermayeri, ? Capra sp., Protoryx longiceps, Protoryx gaudryi, Protoryx hippolyte, Protoryx carolinae, "Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus, Palaeoryx pallasii, Palaeoryx rotundicornis, Criotherium argalioides, Gazella deperdita, Gazella sp.
Prostrepsiceros sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope
? Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Protoryx longiceps antelope
Protoryx gaudryi antelope
Protoryx hippolyte antelope
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope
"Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus antelope
Palaeoryx pallasii antelope
Palaeoryx rotundicornis antelope
Criotherium argalioides antelope
Gazella deperdita gazelle
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
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Sus erymanthius pig | |
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Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Felis neas cat | |
Hyaena eximia, Lycaena chaeretis, Ictitherium orbignyi, Ictitherium robustum, Ictitherium hipparionum
Hyaena eximia hyaena
Lycaena chaeretis hyaena
Ictitherium orbignyi hyaena
Ictitherium robustum hyaena
Ictitherium hipparionum hyaena | |
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Mustela palaeattica Weithofer 1888 weasel
Meles maraghanus badger | |
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Promephitis larteti Gaudry 1861 skunk | |
Samonycteris majori n. gen. n. sp.2
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