Fossil collection from Samos Island in the NHMW (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Aegean, Greece (37.7° N, 26.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.1° N, 27.3° E (Wright 2013)

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Szalai. 1931. Testudo schafferi nov. sp. eine Riesenschildkröte aus dem Pliozän von Samos. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 45:153-163 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182751: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici1
Choerolophodon pentelici1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Konobelodon atticus2
Konobelodon atticus2 Wagner 1857 gomphothere
Left mandibular fragment with lower tusk, NHMW-1911-V-49.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Protoryx capricornis3, Skoufotragus schlosseri n. gen.3, Skoufotragus laticeps3
Protoryx capricornis3 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Skoufotragus schlosseri n. gen.3 Andree 1926 antelope
Skoufotragus laticeps3 Andree 1926 antelope
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo schafferi n. sp." = Titanochelon schafferi
"Testudo schafferi n. sp." = Titanochelon schafferi Szalai 1931 turtle
1Konidaris and Koufos 2009; 2Konidaris and Koufos 2019; 3Kostopoulos 2009