PBDB Collection

Thermopigi (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Macedonia, Greece (41.3° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red sandstone

• "consolidated reddish sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1998 - 2007

Collection methods: quarrying,

• collection is in the Department of Geology, University of Athens and in the Municipal Museum of Natural History of Thermopigi

Primary reference: D. Geraads, E. Tsoukala, and N. Spassov. 2007. A skull of Ancylotherium (Chalicotheriidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Thermopigi (Serres, N. Greece) and the relationships of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):461-466 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73553: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.06.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Felidae	"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica, "Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus, Machairodus sp. "Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat "Paramachairodus sp." = Paramachaerodus Pilgrim 1913 cat Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Adcrocuta eximia Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Tragoportax cf. amalthea, Prostrepsiceros cf. axiosi, ? Criotherium sp., Palaeoreas lindermayeri, Gazella sp. Tragoportax cf. amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854 antelope Prostrepsiceros cf. axiosi antelope ? Criotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner 1848 antelope Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Helladotherium duvernoyi, Palaeotragus sp.², Palaeotragus rouenii², Samotherium major² Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856 giraffe Palaeotragus sp.² Gaudry 1861 giraffe Palaeotragus rouenii² Gaudry 1861 giraffe Samotherium major² Bohlin 1926 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus, Microstonyx major Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus Stehlin 1899 pig Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion cf. matthewi, Hipparion cf. dietrichi Hipparion cf. matthewi Abel 1926 hipparionine horse Hipparion cf. dietrichi Wehrli 1941 hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis "Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" = Dihoplus pikermiensis Toula 1906 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Ancylotherium pentelicum Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet 1856 chalicothere
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium sp.¹ Deinotherium sp.¹ Kaup 1829 deinothere Left scapula fragment, SIT-607
Proboscidea -	Elephantimorpha indet.¹ Elephantimorpha indet.¹ Tassy and Shoshani 1997 proboscidean Right humerus, SIT-605; right ulna, SIT-609; left prox-imal ulna articulated with proximal radius, SIT-602; left femur,SIT-601; right tibia, SIT-608; left tibia, SIT-28; proximal epiphysisof left tibia, SIT-606

¹Konidaris and Tsoukala 2019; ²Xafis et al. 2019