Mytilinii-1 (Miocene of Greece)

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
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp.2 Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
dp4 dex, PMMS-53
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark
 Rodentia - Muridae
Pseudomeriones pythagorasi4 Black et al. 1980 gerbil
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus cf. bredai4 von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium pentelicum1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
Right Mt-III, MTLA-277; ungual phalanx, MTLA-485
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. proboscideum hipparionine horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Sporadotragus parvidens3 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Skoufotragus laticeps3 Andree 1926 antelope
Palaeoryx pallasi3 Wagner 1857 antelope
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazella mytilinii3 Pilgrim 1926 gazelle
Gazella pilgrimi3 Bohlin 1935 gazelle
Urmiatherium rugosifrons3 Sickenberg 1932 antelope
Pseudotragus parvidens Gaudry 1861 antelope
Miotragocerus valenciennesi3 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Promeles sp. Zittel 1893 badger
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenotherium wongii Zdansky 1924 hyaena