Milia 2 (=MIL 2) (Pliocene of Greece)

Also known as Hydragogeio

Where: Grevena, Greece (40.2° N, 21.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 21.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN 16a mammal zone, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, medium-grained, brown, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala, E. Cregut-Bonnoure, C. Guerin, and D. Mol. 2018. The Paradise Lost of Milia (Grevena, Greece; Late Pliocene, Early Villafranchian, MN15/MN16a): faunal composition and diversity. Quaternary MDPI 1(13):1-18 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185862: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 22.05.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus arvernensis Deperet 1885 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Grevenobos antiquus Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017 antelope
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut borsoni1 Hays 1834 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo brevitesta2 Vlachos and Tsoukala 2016 turtle