Kyparissia 4 (=KYP4) (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 and sandy claystone

• It consists of lignite layers with intercalations of sandy clays. The fossil finds are not accumulated but were found dispersed. The lacustrine sediment outcrop at this site is limited, less that 2 m thick, as most of it has been already mined.

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 194475: 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
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus, Praemegaceros verticornis
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus antiquus
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant