Pyrgos (Pliocene of Greece)
Also known as PRG, Pirghos
Where: Peloponnisos, Greece (37.7° N, 21.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 21.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Date uncertain, placed in MNQ18, Late Villafranchian, Late Villanyian, Late Pliocene.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 34655: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.09.2003
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx | |
Equus cf. stehlini, "Equus cf. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
Equus cf. stehlini horse
"Equus cf. stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
""Cervus" cf. pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
"Cervus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Gazellospira torticornis antelope
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope |