Kalamoto 2 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as KLT

Where: Mygdonia, Greece (40.5° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Platanochori Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; brown, red, yellow sandstone

• redbrown- yellowish terrestrial deposits

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The material is deposited in the Museum of Kalamoto

Primary reference: E. Tsoukala and K. Chatzopoulou. 2005. A New Early Pleistocene (Latest Villafranchian) Site with Mammals in Kalamotó (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece) – Preliminary Report. Mitt. Komm. Quartärforsch. Österr. Akad. Wiss 14:213-233 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200084: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 06.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
LGPUT KAL 180 is a partial left xiphiplastron, measuring approximately 26 mm in length and 38 mm in width
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
antiquus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Praemegaceros pliotarandoides De Alessandri 1903 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison (Eobison) sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison