Sesklon (Pliocene of Greece)
Also known as SES
Where: Thessaly, Greece (39.4° N, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 22.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• MN17, Pliocene, Middle/Late Villafranchian, Middle Villanyian
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. D. Koufos. 2001. The Villafranchian mammalian faunas and biochronology of Greece. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40(2):217-223 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34614: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 12.09.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
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Vulpes cf. alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog | |
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Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890 cat
cf. Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890 cat | |
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse | |
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Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros | |
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Sus cf. strozzii Forsyth Major 1881 pig | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
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Mitilanotherium martinii giraffe | |
Antilopinae indet., Gazella borbonica, Gazella bouvrainae, Gazella aegaea3, ? Caprini indet., Gallogoral meneghinii3, Gazellospira torticornis, ? Caprinae indet., ? Ovibovini indet.
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazella borbonica gazelle
Gazella bouvrainae gazelle
? Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazellospira torticornis antelope
? Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
? Ovibovini indet. antelope | |
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Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver | |
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Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |