Also known as PV1
Where: Attica, Greece (38.0° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 23.6° E)
When: Pikermi Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 2008-2013; reposited in the AMPG
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: S. Roussiakis, A. Athanassiou, D. Michailidis, V. Mitsopoulou, C. Solomos and G. Theodorou. 2014. Remarks on new proboscidean remains from the classical Late Miocene locality of Pikermi and their associated fauna . In D. S. Kostopoulos, E. Vlachos, E. Tsoukala (eds.), 6th International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, Grevena-Siatista. Scientific Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 171-172 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202630: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 16.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
"Phasianus archiaci" = Pavo archiaci
"Phasianus archiaci" = Pavo archiaci Gaudry 1862 peafowl | |
Testudo cf. marmorum Gaudry 1862 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon | |
Promeles palaeatticus badger | |
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Amphimachairodus giganteus Kretzoi 1929 cat | |
Protragelaphus skouzesi, Gazella capricornis, Palaeoryx pallasi, Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Tragoportax amalthea
Protragelaphus skouzesi antelope
Gazella capricornis gazelle
Palaeoryx pallasi Wagner 1857 antelope
Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope
Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope | |
Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Bohlinia attica Lydekker 1886 giraffe | |
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Hippotherium brachypus hipparionine horse | |
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839 monkey | |
Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848 porcupine |