Samos S4 (Miocene of Greece)

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

• clay nodule horizon

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion proboscidium hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae