Kyparissia 4 (=KYP4): Middle Pleistocene, Greece
collected 2004-2008, 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus antiquus
Desmarest 1822
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Praemegaceros verticornis
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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Athanassiou 2018 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Greece |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 22.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 22.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 0.8 to 0.4 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age based on biostratigraphy |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Secondary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: It consists of lignite layers with intercalations of sandy clays. The fossil finds are not accumulated but were found dispersed. The lacustrine sediment outcrop at this site is limited, less that 2 m thick, as most of it has been already mined. | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2004-2008, 2012 |
| Collection method comments: collections of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology–Speleology (Ministry of Culture,Athens, Greece) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194475 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-06-20 09:23:49 | Last modified: | 2018-06-20 09:23:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-20 09:23:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66043. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 66223 | A. Athanassiou. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Rodentia, Carnivora, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Ruminantia. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |