Perivolaki (= PER) (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Thessaly, Greece (39.4° N, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 22.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lithostratigraphic Unit B Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Correlated with Chron C3Br.2r

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, green, sandy claystone

• open bushy-woody environment with grassy undergrowth
• Light brown - green clay, alternating with sand, lenses of cohesive to loose conglomerate, sandstone, and layers of marly sandy limestone (fluvial deposits)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. D. Koufos' team in 2004

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• LGPUT, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Primary reference: I. Sylvestrou and G. D. Koufos. 2006. The Late Miocene vertebrate locality of Perivolaki, Thessaly, Greece. 1. Stratigraphy and Locality. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 276:1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194879: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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cf. Helladorcas sp.1
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
cf. Lucentia sp.1
cf. Lucentia sp.1 Azanza and Montoya 1995 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Prostrepsiceros cf. fraasi1, Miotragocerus sp.1, Pheraios chryssomallos n. gen. n. sp.2, Tragoportax rugosifrons1, Palaeoryx aff. pallasi1, Nisidorcas planicornis1, "Pachytragus aff. laticeps" = Skoufotragus laticeps1, Gazella sp.1, Gazella cf. pilgrimi1
Miotragocerus sp.1 Stromer 1928 antelope
Pheraios chryssomallos n. gen. n. sp.2 Kostopoulos and Koufos 2006 antelope
Tragoportax rugosifrons1 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Palaeoryx aff. pallasi1 Wagner 1857 antelope
Nisidorcas planicornis1 Pilgrim 1939 antelope
"Pachytragus aff. laticeps" = Skoufotragus laticeps1 Andree 1926 antelope
Gazella sp.1 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Gazella cf. pilgrimi1 Bohlin 1935 gazelle
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Plioviverrops orbignyi3, Adcrocuta eximia3, Ictitherium sp.3, Ictitheriinae indet.3
Plioviverrops orbignyi3 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 hyaena
Adcrocuta eximia3 Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
Ictitherium sp.3 Wagner 1848 hyaena
Ictitheriinae indet.3 Dietrich 1927 hyaena
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Promephitis lartetii3
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo crassa3, Promeles palaeattica3
Plesiogulo crassa3 Teilhard de Chardin 1945 mustelid carnivore
Promeles palaeattica3 Weithofer 1888 badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus depereti3
1Kostopoulos 2006; 2Kostopoulos and Koufos 2006; 3Koufos 2006