Alifakas (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Alifaka, Alfaklar, Kalamaki

Where: Larissa, Greece (39.6° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 22.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN11-13 mammal zone, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Koufos. 2006. The Neogene mammal localities of Greece: Faunas, chronology and biostratigraphy. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 41:183-214 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207134: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix primigenia
Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Palaeoryx sp., Tragoportax amalthea
? Palaeoryx sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope
Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion mediterraneum
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse