Also known as MTL A, MTLA
Where: Samos, Greece (37.8° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Main Bone Beds Member (Mytilinii Formation), Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by GD Koufos team in 1985 - present
Primary reference: G. D. Koufos, G. E. Syrides, D. S. Kostopoulos, K. K. Koliadimou, I. A. Sylvestrou, G. Ch Seitanidis, and T. D. Vlachos. 1997. New excavations in the Neogene mammalian localities of Mytilinii, Samos Island, Greece. Geodiversitas 19(4):877-885 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202215: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2019
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark | |
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Ancylotherium pentelicum1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere Right Mt-III, MTLA-277; ungual phalanx, MTLA-485
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"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion cf. proboscideum hipparionine horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Sporadotragus parvidens3, Skoufotragus laticeps3, Palaeoryx pallasi3, Antilopinae indet., Gazella cf. capricornis3, Gazella mytilinii3, Gazella pilgrimi3, Urmiatherium rugosifrons3, Pseudotragus parvidens, Miotragocerus valenciennesi3, Protoryx carolinae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Pseudotragus parvidens Gaudry 1861 antelope
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope | |
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig | |
Promeles sp. Zittel 1893 badger | |
Hyaenotherium wongii Zdansky 1924 hyaena |