Fossil collection from Samos Island in the Geological Museum of Lausanne (Miocene of Greece)
Where: Aegean, Greece (37.7° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 26.6° E)
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Geological Museum of Lausanne
Primary reference: C. I. Forsyth Major. 1888. Sur un gisement d’ossements fossiles dans l’île de Samos, contemporains l’âge de Pikermi. Compte Rendus de l‘Academie des Sciences, Paris 118:608-610 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202120: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 24.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Struthio caratheodoris ostrich | |
| Mammalia | |
Samonycteris majori n. gen. n. sp.2
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Promephitis larteti Gaudry 1861 skunk | |
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Mustela palaeattica Weithofer 1888 weasel
Meles maraghanus badger | |
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Felis neas cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat | |
Ictitherium orbignyi, Ictitherium robustum, Ictitherium hipparionum, Hyaena eximia, Lycaena chaeretis
Ictitherium orbignyi hyaena
Ictitherium robustum hyaena
Ictitherium hipparionum hyaena
Hyaena eximia hyaena
Lycaena chaeretis hyaena | |
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Sus erymanthius pig | |
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? Dremotherium pentelici musk deer | |
"Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus, Gazella deperdita, Gazella sp., ? Capra sp., Protoryx longiceps, Protoryx gaudryi, Protoryx hippolyte, Protoryx carolinae, Prostrepsiceros sp., Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Criotherium argalioides, Palaeoryx pallasii, Palaeoryx rotundicornis
"Helicophora rotundicornis" = Helicotragus antelope
Gazella deperdita gazelle
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
? Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Protoryx longiceps antelope
Protoryx gaudryi antelope
Protoryx hippolyte antelope
Protoryx carolinae Major 1891 antelope
Prostrepsiceros sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope
Criotherium argalioides antelope
Palaeoryx pallasii antelope
Palaeoryx rotundicornis antelope | |
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Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe | |
Hipparion mediterraneum, "Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion minus" = Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse | |
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri, Rhinoceros pachygnathus
"Rhinoceros schleiermacheri" = Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros pachygnathus one-horned rhinoceros | |
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Chalicotherium pentelici chalicothere | |
Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp.
Orycteropus gaudryi n. sp. Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark | |
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis
"Mastodon turicensis" = Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
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