Maronia: Turolian, Greece
collected by I. Dermitzakis
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium giganteum
Kaup 1829
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| right dentary fragment with the first molar (m1), MAP-1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Crete Island |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 26.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 26.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Turolian | Mammal zone: | MN11-13 |
| Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Faneromeni |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: a pebble bed intercalated in white marls, which include several Ostrea banks. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | I. Dermitzakis |
| Collection method comments: Specimen in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Seteía | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 202722 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-07-19 12:07:10 | Last modified: | 2019-07-19 12:08:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-19 12:07:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69469. | A. Athanassiou. 2004. On a Deinotherium (Proboscidea) finding in the Neogene of Crete. Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology - Letter 5:1-7 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |