Vathylakkos-2 (=VTK) (Miocene of Greece)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: fluvial; conglomeratic sandstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. de Bonis, G. Bouvrain, and G. D. Koufos. 1988. Late Miocene mammal localities of the lower Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece) and their stratigraphic significance. Modern Geology 13:141-147 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202703: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 18.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion macedonicum Koufos 1984 hipparionine horse
Hipparion dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Nisidorcas planicornis Pilgrim 1939 antelope
Tragoportax rugosifrons Schlosser 1904 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Bohlinia attica Lydekker 1886 giraffe
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Plioviverrops orbignyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 hyaena
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean