Vatera F-Site (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as Vatera

Where: Lesvos, Greece (39.0° N, 26.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. de Vos, J. van der Made, A. Athanassiou, G. Lyras, P. Y. Sondaar and M. D. Dermitzakis. 2002. Preliminary report on the late Pliocene fauna from Vatera (Lesvos, Greece). Annales Geologiques des Pays Helleniques 39:37-70 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183341: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 12.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Titanochelon sp.
Titanochelon sp. Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
cf. Anancus arvernensis
cf. Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"cf. Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"cf. Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
cf. Mitilanotherium inexpectatum
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Leptobos sp., Antilopinae indet., cf. Gazellospira torticornis, aff. Gazella borbonica, cf. Gazella bouvrainae
cf. Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes megamastoides
Nyctereutes megamastoides Pomel 1842 raccoon dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet., Meles thorali
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Meles thorali Viret 1951 badger
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paradolichopithecus arvernensis