Pikermi (old collection) (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Pikermi

Where: Attica, Greece (38.0° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 23.6° E)

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• precise stratigraphy unknown, as the collection was made in several quarries and in different fossiliferous horizons

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the AMNH, BMNH, MNHN, NHMW

• More material stored in UU, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Primary reference: A. Gaudry. 1862. Note sur les débris d'oiseaux et de reptiles trouvés a Pikermi (Grece), suivie de quelques remarques de paléontologie générale. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 19:629-640 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182754: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.11.2016, edited by Mark Uhen and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Leptodon graecus2, Paleotragus rouenii2
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Mastodon atticus n. sp." = Konobelodon atticus14
"Mastodon atticus n. sp." = Konobelodon atticus14 Wagner 1857 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici5
Choerolophodon pentelici5 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium sp." = Deinotherium2, Deinotherium proavum6
"Dinotherium sp." = Deinotherium2 Kaup 1829 deinothere
Deinotherium proavum6 Eichwald 1835 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp.4
Mammut sp.4 Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae sp.2, Machairodus leoninus15, "Machairodus schlosseri n. sp." = Paramachaerodus schlosseri15, "Felis attica n. sp." = Pristifelis attica11, Machaerodus cultridens2
Felidae sp.2 Gray 1821 cat
"Machairodus schlosseri n. sp." = Paramachaerodus schlosseri15 Weithofer 1888 cat
"Felis attica n. sp." = Pristifelis attica11 Wagner 1857 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenictis graeca2, Hyaena eximia2, Hyaena chaeretis2, Ictitherium robustum2, Ictitherium hipparionum2, Ictitherium orbignyi2
Hyaenictis graeca2 Gaudry 1861 hyaena
Hyaena eximia2 hyaena
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Metarctos diaphorus2
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Promephitis lartetii2
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Gulo primigenius n. sp.10, Mustela pentelici2, Mustela palaeattica n. sp.15
Gulo primigenius n. sp.10 Roth and Wagner 1854 wolverine
BSPM-PIK-AS II.53 (holotype), right mandibular ramus with c–m1
Mustela palaeattica n. sp.15 Weithofer 1888 weasel
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri2, Rhinoceros pachygnathus2, Rhinoceros sp.2, Acerorhinus neleus1
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri2 Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros pachygnathus2 one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
Acerorhinus neleus1 Athanassiou et al. 2014 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
"Ancylotherium pentelici n. gen." = Ancylotherium pentelicum2
"Ancylotherium pentelici n. gen." = Ancylotherium pentelicum2 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti2
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti2 Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.2
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp.7
Dorcatherium sp.7 Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
"Camelopardalis attica" = Bohlinia attica2, Helladotherium duvernoyi2
"Camelopardalis attica" = Bohlinia attica2 Lydekker 1886 giraffe
Helladotherium duvernoyi2 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Dremotherium pentelici2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antidorcas rothii2, Gazella brevicornis2, Palaeoryx pallasii2, "Tragocerus valenciennesi" = Miotragocerus valenciennesi2, Tragocerus amaltheus2, Helicoceras rotundicorne n. gen. n. sp.15, "Palaeoryx parvidens" = Sporadotragus parvidens2, Palaeoreas lindermayeri2
"Tragocerus valenciennesi" = Miotragocerus valenciennesi2 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Helicoceras rotundicorne n. gen. n. sp.15 Weithofer 1888 antelope
"Palaeoryx parvidens" = Sporadotragus parvidens2 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri2 Wagner 1848 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus erymanthius2
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
"Lamprodon primigenius n. gen. n. sp." = Hystrix primigenia13
"Lamprodon primigenius n. gen. n. sp." = Hystrix primigenia13 Wagner 1848 porcupine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Mesopithecus pentelici2
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.3
Squamata indet.3 squamates
A trunk vertebra (UU PK 1006), a tooth bearing bone (UU PK 1003)
 Squamata - Varanidae
"Varanus marathonensis n. sp." = Varanus marathonensis15, "Varanus atticus n. sp." = Varanus marathonensis9
"Varanus marathonensis n. sp." = Varanus marathonensis15 Weithofer 1888 monitor lizard
Lectotype. IPUW 1888-001-001, a slab preserving at least a left incomplete maxilla.
"Varanus atticus n. sp." = Varanus marathonensis9 Weithofer 1888 monitor lizard
MNHN material, vertebra
 Squamata - Anguidae
? Anguinae indet.3
? Anguinae indet.3 Gray 1825 squamates
A caudal vertebra (UU PK 1013)
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.3
Lacertidae indet.3 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
A right dentary (UU PK 1001); a left dentary (UU PK 1002); a fragment of a tooth bearing bone (UU PK 1004); an isolated tooth (UU PK 1012)
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.3
Colubridae indet.3 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Three caudal vertebrae (UU PK 1007–UU PK 1009)
 Squamata - Boidae
? Erycinae indet.3
? Erycinae indet.3 Bonaparte 1825 sand boa
A trunk vertebra (UU PK 1010)
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Titanochelon sp.12, Testudo marmorum n. sp.
Titanochelon sp.12 Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014 turtle
AMPG material
Testudo marmorum n. sp. Gaudry 1862 turtle
Additional specimens in AMPG (Athens) in Bachmayer & Symeonidis (1970)
Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia gaudryi n. sp.8
Ciconia gaudryi n. sp.8 Lambrecht 1933 stork
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus pentelici n. sp.
Grus pentelici n. sp. crane
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus aescullapi n. sp., "Phasianus archiaci n. sp." = Pavo archiaci
Gallus aescullapi n. sp. junglefowl
"Phasianus archiaci n. sp." = Pavo archiaci Gaudry 1862 peafowl
1Athanassiou et al. 2014; 2Gaudry 1867; 3Georgalis 2019; 4Konidaris 2013; 5Konidaris et al. 2016; 6Konidaris et al. 2017; 7Koufos 2006; 8Lambrecht 1933; 9Nopcsa 1908; 10Roth and Wagner 1854; 11Salesa et al. 2012; 12Vlachos 2015; 13Wagner 1848; 14Wagner 1857; 15Weithofer 1888