PBDB Collection

Vathylakkos-3 (=VAT) (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Ravin de Vatiluk; Ravin G

Where: Chalkidona, Greece (40.8° N, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 22.4° E)

When: MN12 mammal zone, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; conglomeratic sandstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: C. Arambourg and J. Piveteau. 1929. Les vertébrés du Pontien de Salonique. Annales de Paleontologie 18:59-83 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182750: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Titanochelon sp.⁴ Titanochelon sp.⁴ Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014 turtle They mention "of large size"; Vlachos et al. (2014) were unable to locate these specimens and postulate a possible mixture with material from Megalon Emvolon
Mammalia
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	"Rhinocerus pachygnathus" = Rhinoceros, Aceratherium sp. "Rhinocerus pachygnathus" = Rhinoceros one-horned rhinoceros Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Anisodon macedonicus³ Anisodon macedonicus³ de Bonis et al. 1995 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion dietrichi¹, Hipparion macedonicum¹, "Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Hipparion dietrichi¹ Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse Hipparion macedonicum¹ Koufos 1984 hipparionine horse "Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Microstonyx major¹, Sus erymanthius Microstonyx major¹ Gervais 1848 pig Sus erymanthius pig
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium puyhauberti Dorcatherium puyhauberti Arambourg and Piveteau 1929 chevrotain
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Helladotherium duvernoyi, "Giraffa attica" = Giraffa, "Orasius eximius" = Giraffa, Samotherium boissieri¹ Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe "Giraffa attica" = Giraffa giraffe "Orasius eximius" = Giraffa giraffe Samotherium boissieri¹ Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Protoryx carolinae, Tragelaphus sp., Helicotragus rotundicornis, Gazella deperdita, Gazella sp.¹, Gazella gaudryi, Tragocerus amaltheus, Nisidorcas planicornis¹, Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Prostrepsiceros zitteli¹, Tragoportax rugosifrons¹ Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope Helicotragus rotundicornis antelope Gazella deperdita gazelle Gazella sp.¹ Blaineville 1816 gazelle Gazella gaudryi Schlosser 1904 gazelle Tragocerus amaltheus antelope Nisidorcas planicornis¹ Pilgrim 1939 antelope Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope Prostrepsiceros zitteli¹ antelope Tragoportax rugosifrons¹ Schlosser 1904 antelope
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Plesiogulo crassa¹ Plesiogulo crassa¹ Teilhard de Chardin 1945 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaena eximia, Plioviverrops orbignyi¹, Ictitherium robustum, Ictitherium hipparionum Hyaena eximia hyaena Plioviverrops orbignyi¹ Gaudry and Lartet 1856 hyaena Ictitherium robustum hyaena Ictitherium hipparionum hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Machairodus aphanistus, "Felis cf. attica" = Pristifelis attica Machairodus aphanistus Kaup 1833 cat "Felis cf. attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Rodentia - Muridae	"Parapodemus schaubi" = Parapodemus gaudryi² "Parapodemus schaubi" = Parapodemus gaudryi² Dames 1883 mouse
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	"Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut "Mastodon pentelici" = Mammut mastodon

¹de Bonis et al. 1988; ²de Bonis and Koufos 1999; ³Koufos 2012; ⁴Vlachos 2021