Where: Samos Island, Greece (37.7° N, 26.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.3° N, 27.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collected in 1976; reposited in the CM
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: C. C. Black, L. Krishtalka, and N. Solounias. 1980. Mammalian fossils of Samos and Pikermi, Part 1. The Turolian rodents and insectivores of Samos. Annals of Carnegie Museum 49:359-378 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205353: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Chilotherium samium rhinoceros | |
Hipparion proboscidium hipparionine horse | |
Protoryx laticeps antelope |