Cape Cheladi: Pleistocene, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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| AMPG KY-1: right second(?) lower molar (m2?) part; AMPG KY-2: left lower third molar (m3) part. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece | State/province: | Kythera |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 23.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 23.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMPG |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Profitis Elias Hill | ||
| Database number: | 204298 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2019-09-04 12:53:04 | Last modified: | 2019-09-04 12:55:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-04 12:53:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69360. | A. Athanassiou, A. A. E. van der Geer, and G. A. Lyras. 2019. Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update. Quaternary Science Reviews 218:306-321 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 70011 | A. Athanassiou, A. A. E. van der Geer, and G. A. Lyras. 2018. Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update. Quaternary Science Reviews 218:306-321 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |