Prochoma-1 (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as PXM

Where: Chalkidona, Greece (40.8° N, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 22.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN12 mammal zone, Vathylakkos Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray sandstone and claystone

• gritty marls, grey sands, sandy marls, marls, sands and gravels

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. de Bonis, GD. Koufos in 1985

• LGPUT

Primary reference: L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, D. Geraads and G. D. Koufos. 1986. Découverte d'un nouveau gisement de Vertébrés dans le Miocène supérieur de Macédoine (Grèce). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 303(15):1397-1400 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202222: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium viverrinum4, Plioviverrops orbignyi1, Adcrocuta eximia4
Ictitherium viverrinum4 Roth 1854 hyaena
Plioviverrops orbignyi1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 hyaena
Adcrocuta eximia4 Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.4, Hipparion dietrichi, Hipparion macedonicum3
Hipparion sp.4 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Hipparion dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
Hipparion macedonicum3 Koufos 1984 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Anisodon macedonicus5
Anisodon macedonicus5 de Bonis et al. 1995 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx major
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Helladotherium duvernoyi1
Helladotherium duvernoyi1 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Protoryx sp.4, Nisidorcas planicornis, Prostrepsiceros (Helicotragus) zitteli, Tragoportax rugosifrons, Palaeoreas sp.4, Gazella pilgrimi4
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Protoryx sp.4 Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Nisidorcas planicornis Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Tragoportax rugosifrons Schlosser 1904 antelope
Palaeoreas sp.4 Gaudry 1861 antelope
Gazella pilgrimi4 Bohlin 1935 gazelle
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici2
Choerolophodon pentelici2 Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean
1Kondopoulou et al. 1992; 2Konidaris et al. 2016; 3Koufos 1987; 4Koufos 2006; 5Koufos 2012