Vatera DS-Site (Pleistocene of Greece)

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 183344: 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.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Mammuthus meridionalis
cf. Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
cf. Stephanorhinus etruscus
cf. Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
aff. Gazella borbonica, Antilopinae indet., cf. Leptobos sp.
Antilopinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
cf. Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope