Fossil collection from Samos Island in the Geological Museum of Lausanne (Miocene of Greece)
Where: Aegean, Greece (37.7° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 26.6° E)
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Geological Museum of Lausanne
Primary reference: C. I. Forsyth Major. 1888. Sur un gisement d’ossements fossiles dans l’île de Samos, contemporains l’âge de Pikermi. Compte Rendus de l‘Academie des Sciences, Paris 118:608-610 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202120: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 24.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Meles maraghanus badger
Mustela palaeattica Weithofer 1888 weasel | |
Promephitis larteti Gaudry 1861 skunk | |
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Felis neas cat | |
Hyaena eximia, Lycaena chaeretis, Ictitherium orbignyi, Ictitherium robustum, Ictitherium hipparionum
Hyaena eximia hyaena
Lycaena chaeretis hyaena
Ictitherium orbignyi hyaena
Ictitherium robustum hyaena
Ictitherium hipparionum hyaena | |
Hipparion mediterraneum, "Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse | |
Rhinoceros pachygnathus, "Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Rhinoceros pachygnathus one-horned rhinoceros
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Chalicotherium pentelici chalicothere | |
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe | |
? Dremotherium pentelici ruminant | |
? Capra sp., "Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus, Prostrepsiceros sp., Gazella deperdita, Gazella sp., Criotherium argalioides, Palaeoryx pallasii, Palaeoryx rotundicornis, Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Protoryx longiceps, Protoryx gaudryi, Protoryx hippolyte, Protoryx carolinae
? Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
"Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus antelope
Prostrepsiceros sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Gazella deperdita gazelle
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Criotherium argalioides antelope
Palaeoryx pallasii antelope
Palaeoryx rotundicornis antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope
Protoryx longiceps antelope
Protoryx gaudryi antelope
Protoryx hippolyte antelope
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope | |
Sus erymanthius pig | |
Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp.
Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp. Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark | |
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"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
Samonycteris majori n. gen. n. sp.2
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Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
Struthio caratheodoris ostrich |