Kyparissia 3 (=KYP3) (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.5° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 22.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Age based on biostratigraphy

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lignite

• The lignitic layer lays on an at least 1-m-thick green-brownish sandy clayey layer with numerous small (diameter of about 5–20 mm) angular pebbles in certain places

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2004-2008, 2012

• collections of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology–Speleology (Ministry of Culture,Athens, Greece)

Primary reference: A. Athanassiou, D. Michailidis, E. Vlachos, V. Tourloukis, N. Thompson and K. Harvati. 2018. Pleistocene vertebrates from the Kyparíssia lignite mine, Megalopolis Basin, S. Greece: Testudines, Aves, Suiformes. Quaternary International 478:178-197 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194474: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus olor
Cygnus olor Gmelin 1789 mute swan
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp., Felis sp.
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Praemegaceros verticornis, Cervus elaphus
Praemegaceros verticornis Dawkins 1872 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus antiquus
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant