Kyparissia surface findinds (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.5° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Age based on biostratigraphy

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, sandy lithology not reported and lignite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2004-2008, 2012

• collections of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology–Speleology (Ministry of Culture,Athens, Greece)

Primary reference: A. Athanassiou, D. Michailidis, E. Vlachos, V. Tourloukis, N. Thompson and K. Harvati. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Testudines, Aves, Suiformes. Quaternary International 478:178-197 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194477: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 common coot
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Mareca strepera Linnaeus 1758 gadwall
Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 garganey
Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler