Mytilinii-1C (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as MTL C, MTLC

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 202217: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Palaeoryx majori1 Schlosser 1904 antelope
Miotragocerus valenciennesi1 Gaudry 1861 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Samotherium major2 Bohlin 1926 giraffe