Platania (=PLD): Late/Upper Miocene, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. graeca Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Proboscidea sp. (Illiger 1811)
    = Konobelodon cf. atticus Wagner 1857
Konidaris and Tsoukala 2019
lower tusk fragment, LGPUT-PLD-642; left maxilla fragment with DP2–DP3, LGPUT-PLD-92
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae sp. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae sp. Gray 1821
    = Ceratotherium neumayri Osborn 1900
Tsoukala 2018
Right mandible with d2-d4 PLD 300; ~20 tooth fragments PLD 83, PLD 84 and PLD 727; left humerus complete, male PLD 609; left humerus diaphysis PLD 640; right humerus distal part and diaphysis of juveniles PLD 641, 729, 730; right radius complete PLD 392; right patella PLD 502; left tibia, almost complete, male PLD 608; left tibia, distal, male PLD 754; right scaphoid PLD 409; 2 left scaphoids PLD 77, PLD 78; right semilunaris PLD 400; left semilunaris PLD 82; 2 right magnums PLD 80, PLD 81; 2 right unciforms complete PLD 79, PLD 504; left astragalus PLD 76; left distal calcaneum PLD 501; left navicular complete PLD 505; left Mc II PLD 669; right Mc II proximal and diaphysis PLD 728; right Mc III PLD 302 (in connection with Mc IV PLD 301); right Mc III, almost complete PLD 303; right Mc III proximal PLD 618; left distal Mc III PLD 304; right Mc IV PLD 75; right Mc IV PLD 301 (associated with Mc III PLD 302); right Mc IV proximal PLD 503; left Mc IV PLD 74; left Mc IV proximal PLD 668; left Mc IV distal + dia. PLD 375; left Mt IV PLD 670
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae sp. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae sp. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Bovidae
Palaeoryx minor n. sp. Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Holotype: LGPUT PLD 150, almost complete cranium. Paratype: LGPUT PLD 414, almost complete cranium. Refered material: Horn-cores: LGPUT PLD 663 left, LGPUT PLD 664 right. Upper toothrow: LGPUT PLD 95 left. Lower toothrow: LGPUT PLD 23 left, LGPUT PLD 685 right. Isolated teeth: LGPUT PLD 64 (P4 right), LGPUT PLD 65 (M1 left), LGPUT PLD 1(M2 left), LGPUT PLD 62 (M2 right), LGPUT PLD 72 (M3 right), LGPUT PLD 73 (M3 left), LGPUT PLD 693 (p2 left), LGPUT PLD 689 (p4 left), LGPUT PLD 690 (m1 left).
Tragoreas aff. oryxoides Schlosser 1904
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Frontlet: LGPUT PLD 151, LGPUT PLD 515. Isolated right horn-core: LGPUT PLD 662. Provisionally ascribed: Upper molars: LGPUT PLD 162 (M2 left), LGPUT PLD 584 (M1 left); Lower toothrow: LGPUT PLD 15-17 (p4-m2 left), LGPUT PLD 355 (p2-p4 left); Lower molars: LGPUT PLD 14 (m3 left), LGPUT PLD 210 (m3 left), LGPUT PLD 523 (m3 right).
cf. Palaeoreas sp. Gaudry 1861
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Part of right horn-core: LGPUT PLD 664.
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Partial cranium: LGPUT PLD 413 (male), LGPUT PLD 513 (male), LGPUT PLD 740 (male), LGPUT PLD 245 (female), LGPUT PLD 152 (female), LGPUT PLD 316 (female). Isolated horn-core: LGPUT PLD 514 (left, young). Upper toothrow right: LGPUT PLD 354 (P3-M3), LGPUT PLD 363 (P3-P4), LGPUT PLD 396 (P2-M2), LGPUT PLD 491 (P2-M3), LGPUT PLD 492 (P4-M3), LGPUT PLD 526 (P4-M1), LGPUT PLD 556 (P3-M3), LGPUT PLD 578 (M1-M2), LGPUT PLD 687 (P2-M3), LGPUT PLD 745 (P2-M3). Upper toothrow left: LGPUT PLD 24 (M1-M3), LGPUT PLD 364 (P3-P4), LGPUT PLD 490 (P3-M3), LGPUT PLD 602 (M2-M3). Mandible: LGPUT PLD 485 (m2-m3 left+right, i1-i3, c left). Lower toothrow right: LGPUT PLD 54 (p2-m3), LGPUT PLD 351 (p2-m3), LGPUT PLD 352 (d4-m2), LGPUT PLD 486 (p2-m1), LGPUT PLD 536 (p2-p4), LGPUT PLD 537 (m2-m3), LGPUT PLD 629 (p2-m3), LGPUT PLD 633 (p4-m3). Lower toothrow left: LGPUT PLD 357 (p2-m2), LGPUT PLD 487 (p4-m3), LGPUT PLD 488 (p2-m3), LGPUT PLD 748 (m2-m3). Isolated upper teeth: LGPUT PLD 25 (P3 right), LGPUT PLD 40 (P4 left), LGPUT PLD 159 (P2 left), LGPUT PLD 160 (M right), LGPUT PLD 161 (M right), LGPUT PLD 164 (P3 left), LGPUT PLD 178 (P3 left), LGPUT PLD 214 (M right), LGPUT PLD 171 (M2 left), LGPUT PLD 365 (M left), LGPUT PLD 366 (M left), LGPUT PLD 527 (P3 right), LGPUT PLD 603 (M right), LGPUT PLD 688 (M2 left), LGPUT PLD 721 (P2 left). Isolated lower teeth: LGPUT PLD 12 (p3 right), LGPUT PLD 163 (m1 left), LGPUT PLD 166 (m3 left), LGPUT PLD 173 (m3 right), LGPUT PLD 174 (m2 left), LGPUT PLD 204 (m3 right), LGPUT PLD 211 (p4 right), LGPUT PLD 240 (p3 left), LGPUT PLD 496 (p2 left), LGPUT PLD 497 (p3 left), LGPUT PLD 524 (m1 right), LGPUT PLD 692 (m2 left), LGPUT PLD 762 (p3 left).
Bovidae sp. Gray 1821
    = Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Horn-core: LGPUT PLD 761, right.
Gazella cf. ancyrensis
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Horn-core: LGPUT PLD 349, right; Lower tooth (m3): LGPUT PLD 242, left.
Prostrepsiceros aff. syridisi
Vasileiadis et al. 2019
Frontlet: LGPUT PLD 330. Horn-cores: LGPUT PLD 579 right, LGPUT PLD 594 left, LGPUT PLD 595 right, LGPUT PLD 627 left. Upper toothrow: LGPUT PLD 86 (P2-M3 left), LGPUT PLD 591 (P3-P4 left). Lower toothrow: LGPUT PLD 22 (p4-m3 left), LGPUT PLD 353 (p2-m3 right), LGPUT PLD 686 (p3-m1 right). Isolated teeth: LGPUT PLD 18 (p4 left), LGPUT PLD 165 (P4 right), LGPUT PLD 175 (P3 right), LGPUT PLD 590 (p4 right).
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Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Drama
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 24.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° North, 24.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:257 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,brown poorly lithified muddy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: The lower layer with fossils in the lower part is brownish and consists mainly of fine sand with some mud.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Fragmentation:frequent
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:182682
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2016-11-22 07:30:43 Last modified:2016-11-22 07:30:43
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-22 07:30:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60884. E. Vlachos and E. Tsoukala. 2014. Testudo cf. graeca from the new Late Miocene locality of Platania (Drama basin, N. Greece) and a reappraisal of previously published specimens. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 48:27-40 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

70959 G. E. Konidaris and E. Tsoukala. 2019. Proboscideans from the upper Miocene localities of Thermopigi, Neokaisareia and Platania (Northern Greece). Annales de Paléontologie 1-15 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
73174 E. Tsoukala. 2018. Rhinocerotidae from the Late Miocene and Late Pliocene of Macedonia, Greece. A revision of the Neogene - Quaternary Rhinocerotidae of Greece. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37(2):609-630 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
69265 N. Vasileiadis, E. Tsoukala, and D. S. Kostopoulos. 2019. The late Miocene bovids from Platania (Drama Basin, Greece), with description of a new species of Paleoryx. Geobios 1-36 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]