Mytilinii-1B (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as MTL B, MTLB

Where: Samos, Greece (37.8° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Main Bone Beds Member (Mytilinii Formation), Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by GD Koufos team in 1985 - present

Primary reference: G. D. Koufos, G. E. Syrides, D. S. Kostopoulos, K. K. Koliadimou, I. A. Sylvestrou, G. Ch Seitanidis, and T. D. Vlachos. 1997. New excavations in the Neogene mammalian localities of Mytilinii, Samos Island, Greece. Geodiversitas 19(4):877-885 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202216: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici2 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
 Rodentia - Muridae
Pseudomeriones pythagorasi4 Black et al. 1980 gerbil
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus cf. bredai4 von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium pentelicum1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
Left radius and ulna, MTLB-173; right radius and ulna, MTLB-328; left femur, MTLB-338
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus cf. pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis
"Dicerorhinus cf. pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella mytilinii3 Pilgrim 1926 gazelle
Gazella pilgrimi3 Bohlin 1935 gazelle
Miotragocerus valenciennesi3 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Tragoportax rugosifrons3 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Palaeoryx majori3 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Palaeoryx pallasi3 Wagner 1857 antelope
Skoufotragus laticeps3 Andree 1926 antelope