Kyparissia surface findinds (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (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: terrestrial; gray, sandy lithology not reported and lignite

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 194477: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica atra
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 common coot
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mareca strepera, Spatula clypeata, Spatula querquedula, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca
Mareca strepera Linnaeus 1758 gadwall
Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 garganey
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo marginata
Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 Marginated tortoise
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus antiquus
Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., Praemegaceros verticornis, Cervus peloponnesiacus, Cervus elaphus, Dama sp.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Praemegaceros verticornis Dawkins 1872 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus sp.
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant