PBDB Collection

Thermopigi (Neogene of Greece)

Where: Macedonia, Greece (41.3° N, 23.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.4° N, 24.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red sandstone

• "consolidated reddish sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1998 - 2007

Collection methods: quarrying,

• collection is in the Department of Geology, University of Athens and in the Municipal Museum of Natural History of Thermopigi

Primary reference: D. Geraads, E. Tsoukala, and N. Spassov. 2007. A skull of Ancylotherium (Chalicotheriidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Thermopigi (Serres, N. Greece) and the relationships of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):461-466 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73553: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.06.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Mesopithecus delsoni² Mesopithecus delsoni² monkey Humerus left SIT 986, tibia right SIT 980, calcaneus left SIT 1100
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium sp.¹ Deinotherium sp.¹ Kaup 1829 deinothere Left scapula fragment, SIT-607
Proboscidea -	Elephantimorpha indet.¹ Elephantimorpha indet.¹ Tassy and Shoshani 1997 proboscidean Right humerus, SIT-605; right ulna, SIT-609; left prox-imal ulna articulated with proximal radius, SIT-602; left femur,SIT-601; right tibia, SIT-608; left tibia, SIT-28; proximal epiphysisof left tibia, SIT-606
Carnivora - Felidae	"Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus, Machairodus sp., "Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica, "Pristifelis attica" = Pristifelis attica² "Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus Pilgrim 1913 cat Upper canine right SIT 712, humerus left SIT 711. Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat "Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat "Pristifelis attica" = Pristifelis attica² Wagner 1857 cat Radius distal right SIT 1492; ulna proximal right SIT 1493, distal metapodial SIT 710
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Adcrocuta eximia Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena Skull with P2–M1 left SIT 1421; 2P2 right SIT 531 and left 940, P3 left SIT 1057, mandible with p2–m1 fr. left SIT 713+714; m1 right SIT 529, anterior pad, d4 fr right SIT 1280, p3 right SIT 530; coprolite SIT 1359.
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Plesiogulo crassa² Plesiogulo crassa² Teilhard de Chardin 1945 mustelid carnivore Cranium with right I1–I3, C and left, P1, P2, P3, P4 SIT 1494.
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	? Criotherium sp., Gazella sp., Tragoportax cf. amalthea, Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Prostrepsiceros cf. axiosi ? Criotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle Tragoportax cf. amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope Prostrepsiceros cf. axiosi antelope
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Palaeotragus sp.³, Palaeotragus rouenii³, Helladotherium duvernoyi, Samotherium major³ Palaeotragus sp.³ Gaudry 1861 giraffe Palaeotragus rouenii³ Gaudry 1861 giraffe Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe Samotherium major³ Bohlin 1926 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus, Microstonyx major Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus Stehlin 1899 pig Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis "Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Ancylotherium pentelicum Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion cf. dietrichi, Hipparion cf. matthewi Hipparion cf. dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse Hipparion cf. matthewi Abel 1926 hipparionine horse

¹Konidaris and Tsoukala 2019; ²Tsoukala et al. 2024; ³Xafis et al. 2019