Kryopigi: Turolian, Greece
collected by E. Tsoukala 1998–
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Cremohipparion sp.
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"matthewi/nikosi" | ||||||||||
Helladorcas sp.
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
? Cremohipparion cf. mediterraneum
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= Cremohipparion aff. nikosi
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Plioviverrops sp.
Kretzoi 1938
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= Plioviverops orbignyi
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Ergilornithidae
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? Amphipelargus sp.
Lydekker 1891
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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"a large terrestrial chelonian species" | ||||||||||
= Titanochelon sp.
Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
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Vlachos 2015 | |||||||||
LGPUT, two osteoderms | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon pentelici
(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Adcrocuta eximia
Roth and Wagner 1854
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Hyaenictitherium wongii
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Amphimachairodus giganteus
Kretzoi 1929
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
cf. Metailurus parvulus
Hensel 1862
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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cf. Promephitis larteti
Gaudry 1861
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion phlegrae n. sp.
Lazaridis and Tsoukala 2014
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26 individuals | |||||||||
KRY 191, 1155, 1570, 1574, 2050, 2052, 2513, 2800, 2810, 2876a, 2877a, 2886, 3029, 3041–3, 3053, 3124, 3129, 3946, 4097, 4330, 4578, 5995, 6749, 6951 | ||||||||||
Hippotherium cf. brachypus
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hippopotamodon major
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Propotamochoerus sp.
Pilgrim 1925
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"cf. Balkan form, sensu Geraads et al., 2008" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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cf. Helladotherium duvernoyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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= Helladotherium duvernoyi
Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Palaeotragus cf. rouenii
(Gaudry 1861)
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= Palaeotragus rouenii
Gaudry 1861
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Protragelaphus sp.
Dames 1883
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Skoufotragus sp.
Kostopoulos 2009
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
cf. Tragoportax sp.
Pilgrim 1937
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= Tragoportax amalthea
Roth and Wagner 1854
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
? Miotragocerus sp.
Stromer 1928
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Nisidorcas planicornis
(Pilgrim 1939)
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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= Gazella capricornis
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Gazella pilgrimi
Bohlin 1935
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Prostrepsiceros sp.
Forsyth Major 1891
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= Prostrepsiceros axiosi
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
n. ssp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. primigenia
(Wagner 1848)
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= Hystrix primigenia
Wagner 1848
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Lazaridis et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Mesopithecus pentelicus
Wagner 1839
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece | State/province: | Makedonia Thraki | County: | Chalkidiki |
Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 23.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 23.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Turolian | ||
Age range of interval: | 8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Triglia | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: MN12-13, middle-late Turolian |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | E. Tsoukala | Collection dates: | 1998– |
Metadata
Also known as: | Kriopigi | ||
Database number: | 157582 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-06-25 12:59:30 | Last modified: | 2014-06-25 12:59:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-06-25 12:59:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
51833. | G. Lazaridis and E. Tsoukala. 2014. Hipparion phlegrae, sp. nov. (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): a new species from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):164-178 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
65728 | G. Lazaridis, E. Tsoukala, T. C. Rae, A. Gomez-Olivencia, D. Nagel and A. Bartsiokas. 2018. Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece). Journal of Human Evolution 1-19 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
65163 | E. Vlachos. 2015. The Fossil Chelonians of Greece. Systematics - Evolution - Stratigraphy - Palaeoecology. Scientific Annals of the School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 173:1-479 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |